AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Learners Face the Strike’s Aftermath
THAT the month-long public service strike, in which large numbers of teachers took part, could have an effect on this year’s matric marks is evidence of weaknesses in the South African school system, said experts.
Many of the 12-million pupils who attend state schools lost up to three weeks of schooling, had mid-year exams postponed and were bullied , or saw working teachers bullied, allegedly by teachers who had downed tools during the strike. The strike was the largest and longest in SA’s history since democracy.
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