History is possibly in line to become a compulsory subject up to matric, and a high-level task team is in East London to find out what educators think about the idea.
A ministerial task team from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is looking for input from education stakeholders on the plan to make history compulsory for Grade 10 to 12 pupils.
At present, pupils do history up to Grade 9 and then have the choice to continue or drop the subject. But if the plans get the thumbs up after the consultation process, pupils will have to take it to matric.
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Talks on history as compulsory subject held in EL
A ministerial task team from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is looking for input from education stakeholders on the plan to make history compulsory for Grade 10 to 12 pupils.
At present, pupils do history up to Grade 9 and then have the choice to continue or drop the subject. But if the plans get the thumbs up after the consultation process, pupils will have to take it to matric.
For the full story get a copy of the Dispatch or subscribe to our e-Edition for the complete newspaper with jobs, classifieds, crosswords, TV schedules and back editions
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