Education: Skills development a concern

Last Friday, President Kgalema Motlanthe said weak education can be blamed on the low skills development in South Africa.Kgalema quoted, "The skills development problems in our country could be attributed to the weakness in the education and training system, starting from early childhood development and continuing right through the school and post-school system and ongoing workplace professional development." Education is their top priority and needs to be responded to because of the low skills based development. The council created a 5 point plan that will work on strengthening the education system for the next 20 years.