ENG2612
Assignment 3
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS) 2024
(831460) - DUE 1
August 2024
, ENG2612 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024
(831460) - DUE 1 August 2024
EXTRACT A When almost a third of learners halfway through their second
school year (Grade 2) do not know all the letters of the alphabet, and fewer
than half of Grade 6 learners tested could achieve the Grade 3 benchmark in
reading fluency, we are in a crisis. It represents a devastating disregard for our
responsibilities to the next generation, as well as a national humiliation. It
happened under the noses of our teachers, education departments, political
parties, government – and parents. Not another day should be lost in tackling
this wasteland. We have lost a decade of progress; the average Grade 4 child
in South Africa is three years behind their Brazilian counterpart. These
measures will show results and help restore citizens’ sense of priorities. A
child can learn more under a tree with a good teacher than from an untrained
teacher in a pristine building. To borrow the phrase of US campaign expert
James Carville, who coined the election theme, “It’s the economy, stupid”, in
education “It’s the teaching, stupid.” Still, physical conditions in many schools
are not acceptable. Someone needs to be named to take responsibility for the
quality of buildings, and to resolve the problem of empty schools, including
many Nelson Mandela raised money to build. By mid-2023 there remained
3,300 schools still using pit latrines, in which small children have died. For
For assistance with assignments whatsapp +254702715801
Assignment 3
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS) 2024
(831460) - DUE 1
August 2024
, ENG2612 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024
(831460) - DUE 1 August 2024
EXTRACT A When almost a third of learners halfway through their second
school year (Grade 2) do not know all the letters of the alphabet, and fewer
than half of Grade 6 learners tested could achieve the Grade 3 benchmark in
reading fluency, we are in a crisis. It represents a devastating disregard for our
responsibilities to the next generation, as well as a national humiliation. It
happened under the noses of our teachers, education departments, political
parties, government – and parents. Not another day should be lost in tackling
this wasteland. We have lost a decade of progress; the average Grade 4 child
in South Africa is three years behind their Brazilian counterpart. These
measures will show results and help restore citizens’ sense of priorities. A
child can learn more under a tree with a good teacher than from an untrained
teacher in a pristine building. To borrow the phrase of US campaign expert
James Carville, who coined the election theme, “It’s the economy, stupid”, in
education “It’s the teaching, stupid.” Still, physical conditions in many schools
are not acceptable. Someone needs to be named to take responsibility for the
quality of buildings, and to resolve the problem of empty schools, including
many Nelson Mandela raised money to build. By mid-2023 there remained
3,300 schools still using pit latrines, in which small children have died. For
For assistance with assignments whatsapp +254702715801
