Pretoria - Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha says all schools in that province had received textbooks when schools re-opened this academic year.
“The distribution of Learner Teacher Support Material (LTSM) has, over the past two years or so, been a challenge in our province. We are, however, proud to report that this is now a thing of the past.
“By the time schools re-opened in January this year, we had distributed LTSM to all the schools in the province,” he said during his State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Thursday.
The province was hit by the non-delivery of textbooks to schools in the 2012 academic year, but now Mathabatha said the textbook saga will never happen again.
“I want to emphatically stress that no one in this province will ever again be allowed to trample on our children’s basic right to education,” he said.
Grade 12 Improvement
According to the premier, the past five years saw Limpopo making a remarkable improvement in the performance of matrics.
“We have gradually increased our Grade 12 results from 48.9% in 2009 to 71.8% in 2013. It is also worth mentioning that this pass rate improved not only quantitatively but also qualitatively.
“In this regard, we are confident that the class of 2014 will emulate [the] good example. I would like to reiterate the target that we have set for ourselves this year. We will accept no less than 80% Grade 12 pass rate,” he said. - SAnews.gov.za
