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LETTER
Teaching in tongues
10/01/2008 15:22 - (SA)
Dear Editor,
I took the little one to the first day of school and she was so excited about the opening. It is her fourth year in the same primary school and she was so excited when she saw all her friends and they were talking about their holidays.
It was such a nice feeling to see how our children love each other. She was standing with two Indian girls, one coloured girl, one white girl and two black girls, all talking the same language.
But when we all went to assembly, our children were very confused when they were told the school has not decided what is going to happen with their lessons.
Sometime last year the school sent us a letter stating that they are introducing N Sotho, Zulu and Afrikaans to the school and each parent should choose two languages for their children to learn.
Apparently some parents were not happy with this did not complete the forms. To my surprise, the school did not do anything about the matter up until today when our children arrived.
The school has promised to sort the matter out only at the month.
Why didn't the school address this before the December holidays? Who comes up with the language decisions? Is it the school or the government? As parents, we are very disappointed in the manner in which the primary school has handled this.
Dineo Matjila,
Midrand
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