AN IFP GOVERNMENT WILL :
• Implement free basic education and state-sponsored higher education for poor and
low-income families as a fundamental component of our education policy.
• Enhance teaching and learning standards while providing adequate resources.
• Roll out free scholar transport and efficiently run nutrition schemes in all public schools.
• Implement comprehensive school transport policies that prioritise safety.
• Ensure that strict regulations are enforced to prevent unsafe conditions like
overcrowding.
• Roll out alternative transportation methods, like bicycles, particularly in rural areas.
• Promote a strong family structure and the values of respect and ubuntu as the
cornerstone to a functional education system.
• Promote the involvement of engaged parents, empowered school principals, and well-
trained and motivated teachers.
• Enforce discipline in schools through school codes of conduct.
• Foster a culture of teaching and learning excellence.
• Raise standards. The pass mark must be set at 50%.
• Replace Life Orientation, introducing compulsory financial and entrepreneurial literacy
training and portable skills training modules into the school curriculum.
• Ensure better pay and better working conditions for all teachers, including Grade R
teachers.
• Address underfunding by restructuring the education budget to improve infrastructure
and resources in schools.
• Re-evaluate and capacitate rural and township schools that were previously closed due
to non-viability or non-performance.
• Prioritise Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes for a strong foundation,
ensuring that all children have access to ECD programmes.
• Enhance access to quality education for learners with disabilities or special educational
needs.
• Ensure the development of high-tech classrooms-of-the-future by promoting the use
of technology (e-books and eLearning) while ensuring that all schools have access to
the Internet.
• Invest in in-service teacher training, support and development programmes, and reopen
closed teacher training colleges.
• Provide teacher accommodation, particularly in rural areas, as an incentive in attracting
the required skills to schools.
• Minimise political interference in education operations and in the appointment of
teachers.
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