Could SA's poor education system benefit from a school voucher system? 🎟️ Parents will have the power to improve their children's opportunities with the assistance of a subsidy💸 ✏️📚 saschools educationinsa TheCitizenNews Find out more⬇️
The IRR is proposing that government pay parents directly for their children's education in the form of school vouchers. Picture - iStock.system leaves much to be desired. The Institute of Race Relations said the declining rates of early-grade literacy and numeracy levels among the poorest South Africans are primed for urgent intervention and is proposing a radical solution in the form of school vouchers.South Africa budgets at least R270 billion annually for basic education.
“If an independent school is not performing – if teachers continually abscond from work or do not produce the desired results – parents will withdraw their children, and the school will have to close,” Lang said.because parents can use the voucher to contribute towards private school fees. Wealthier parents would also have the option of donating their children’s vouchers to pupils or schools in need.
Lang reports that some states in India are having success with school vouchers and in Columbia, Pakistan and Israel.
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