Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 24-01-2017
Statistician General Pali Lehola says while Indians did not enjoy privileges during the apartheid era, the Indian culture and emphasis on the importance of education by parents have propelled their children to excel in tertiary education.
Lehola was making a presentation to the fees commission sitting in Pretoria on Monday painting a picture of how the country has failed in investing in the education of young people.
He explained that while the white and Indian populations invested in the education, policies meant to open doors of learning for black children were not met with the necessary support.
Lehola told Radio Islam, that while Indians and blacks were performing at almost the same rate in tertiary education more than 40 years ago and did not rely on employment for survival, they were able to invest in the education of their young‚ saying this was why their education took a different trajectory than those of blacks and coloureds.
“Children are nurtured with the will that is supportive of education. In fact Indians the most important thing that they have cultured into the children is that ‘you must be educated my child’”.
Lehola says if Indians continue their tertiary education at the current trajectory they may even exceed whites in their performance.
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