I have to agree with JC on this one. Asking examiners to make allowances for students based on skin colour is pure and utter discrimination. And the excuse about them being affected by the strike earlier this year holds no water either - ALL school kids were affected by the strike - black, white, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Coloureds etc. There is no reason why any student should be given any leniency at all.

This is the the whole reason we have as many problems as we do. Its the sense of entitlement that everyone seems to have these days and unfortunately its more pronounced in the black population than anywhere else. People seem to think that you "get" an education when in fact you EARN an education. That means you actually have to work for it. How could anyone believe that by pushing kids through who havent achieved the bare minimum required will in any way better them? As it is they've reduced the standard to such an extent that a baboon could probably pass with ease and yet they're still asking for leniency when both students and educators have been lazy. I helped a friend of mine mark some Life Orientation exam papers for grade 8's and 9's and the vast majority battled to even get the 30% required to pass. It was rare to see any distinctions at all. And Life Orientation was Guidance to us - things which should have been common sense! And dont even get me started on the standard of the language used - at high school level kids should be able to spell and write in decent comprehensive sentences! These kids cant even do that! Its the fault of the government, educators, parents and kids combined.

AA I can get on board with as a concept, BEE should be scrapped in its entirety and we need to return to a system of merit. Where those who achieve are given the top jobs and are rewarded for their hard work. Without any sort of reward for working at something why should any of them actually do the work when they know it'll be given to them simply because their skin colour helps a company to meet government imposed quotas?

The ANC has to start educating our youth and they have to start doing it now before we end up with an entire population of illiterate, unemployed free loaders who are no better than animals. The lack of quality education in this country is appalling to say the least. Bring the good old days where we had higher and standard grade, where kids were taught and marked fairly and where kids werent pushed through just to keep the government happy. Maybe then we'd have a little bit of hope. As it is I dont trust anyone getting a matric these days...I want to see a tertiary qualification at the very least.

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