Schools Urged To Produce Learners With Skills The Economy Needs

President Cyril Ramaphosa says schools have to produce learners with the skills that the economy desperately needs. He was addressing hundreds of teachers at the 24th National Teachers Awards in Boksburg east of Johannesburg.

Currently, almost 50 of the countrys youth are unemployed.

President Ramaphosa says teachers need to prepare learners for the future from an early age.

"We are working to strengthen the foundations of early learning. This is to ensure successful education outcomes in the future. The education curriculum is being revised, updated and reformed to meet the needs of a rapidly changing world. With the high rate of youth unemployment in our country, educators need to ensure that our schools are producing the skills our economy needs. Our schools must be focussed on the future and as we look at every learner, we must ask ourselves are we equipping these learners for the future," says Ramaphosa.

National Teachers Awards President Ramaphosa delivers keynote address: Ramaphosa has urged teachers to follow up on their learners until matric to help curb the drop-out rate. He was speaking at the National Teachers Awards in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni.