The ANC Youth League in the province has called on premier Phumulo Masualle to reshuffle his executive and replace education MEC Mandla Makupula.Addressing a press conference at the ANC’s provincial headquarters in King William’s Town yesterday, Eastern Cape ANCYL secretary Butsha Lali said that since Makupula took over as education’s political head in 2010, there had been minimal or no improvement in matric results.
The Eastern Cape had always finished last compared with other provinces.
In 2010 the province recorded a 58.3% pass rate; in 2011 it was 58.1%; and in 2012 a slight improvement to 61.6%.
In 2013 the figure rose to 64.9% followed by another increase in 2014 to 65.4%.
But the pass rate dropped drastically last year to only 56.8% of matrics passed, the worst performance in the country.
Lali said the 2015 results “are a reflection of an ailing system in the province and the devil is in the administration.
“We will engage the ANC on the drastic measures to be employed in order to safeguard the future of the youth of the Eastern Cape.
“For us these measures include the removal of the MEC from the education portfolio and redeployment elsewhere. The MEC has been at the helm since 2010 and all his efforts have been witnessed.
“We do not believe that there is more creativity forthcoming from his leadership to take us forward,” he added.
Makupula could not be contacted for comment at the time of writing.
The league has also raised concerns over the vacant superintendent-general position since the suspension of Mthunywa Ngonzo in June last year.
Despite a Bhisho High Court ruling that Ngonzo could return to work, stating that Makupula had no power to suspend him as he had been hired by the premier, the day after the ruling Masualle put Ngonzo on special leave.
The youth league came to Ngonzo’s defence yesterday with Lali saying: “The HOD must be reinstated to stabilize the administration as his absence has not proven to be legally sound and justifiable.”
He said a complete overhaul of the administration was necessary.
Adding to the dismal pass rate last year, two King William’s Town district schools – Jama Secondary School and St Thomas School for the Deaf – did not have a single matric pupil pass.
Lali said the department should fire directors of poor performing districts.
“For consecutive years, the province of the Eastern Cape has been at the tail-end in matric results compared with other provinces.
“This sustained undesired performance by the department can better be told by the youth of our province who loiter in the street with no skills,” he said. — zineg@dispatch.co.za / asandan@dispatch.co.za
ANCYL calls for MEC’s head
Addressing a press conference at the ANC’s provincial headquarters in King William’s Town yesterday, Eastern Cape ANCYL secretary Butsha Lali said that since Makupula took over as education’s political head in 2010, there had been minimal or no improvement in matric results.
The Eastern Cape had always finished last compared with other provinces.
In 2010 the province recorded a 58.3% pass rate; in 2011 it was 58.1%; and in 2012 a slight improvement to 61.6%.
In 2013 the figure rose to 64.9% followed by another increase in 2014 to 65.4%.
But the pass rate dropped drastically last year to only 56.8% of matrics passed, the worst performance in the country.
Lali said the 2015 results “are a reflection of an ailing system in the province and the devil is in the administration.
“We will engage the ANC on the drastic measures to be employed in order to safeguard the future of the youth of the Eastern Cape.
“For us these measures include the removal of the MEC from the education portfolio and redeployment elsewhere. The MEC has been at the helm since 2010 and all his efforts have been witnessed.
“We do not believe that there is more creativity forthcoming from his leadership to take us forward,” he added.
Makupula could not be contacted for comment at the time of writing.
The league has also raised concerns over the vacant superintendent-general position since the suspension of Mthunywa Ngonzo in June last year.
Despite a Bhisho High Court ruling that Ngonzo could return to work, stating that Makupula had no power to suspend him as he had been hired by the premier, the day after the ruling Masualle put Ngonzo on special leave.
The youth league came to Ngonzo’s defence yesterday with Lali saying: “The HOD must be reinstated to stabilize the administration as his absence has not proven to be legally sound and justifiable.”
He said a complete overhaul of the administration was necessary.
Adding to the dismal pass rate last year, two King William’s Town district schools – Jama Secondary School and St Thomas School for the Deaf – did not have a single matric pupil pass.
Lali said the department should fire directors of poor performing districts.
“For consecutive years, the province of the Eastern Cape has been at the tail-end in matric results compared with other provinces.
“This sustained undesired performance by the department can better be told by the youth of our province who loiter in the street with no skills,” he said. — zineg@dispatch.co.za / asandan@dispatch.co.za
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