Uma sibheke amazwe amaningi afana nelaseNdiya, yiJapan, China, Korea kanye namanye, asendlondlobele kakhulu emkhakheni wezesayensi nobuchwepheshe ngenxa yokufundisa nokufunda ngezilimi zabo zebele. [If we look at countries such as India, Japan, China, Korea and many more, they are highly developed in the field of Science and Technology because they use their mother tongue as the language of teaching and learning.] The development of any education system must be underpinned by the scientific appreciation and understanding that the pedagogic development of a nation is critical to its economic and social development. The structure of the education system, its curriculum, and human resources must have as an objective and outcome to further the scientific and technological development of learners.
The ANC's approach to education includes, among other things, the need to address the historical distortions in our human resources in science and technology. This requires a long-term commitment to a research and development strategy that will examine the different component parts of an education system and design it in a manner that will promote scientifically conscious students, equipped with the necessary skills to develop our country at an economic and social level.
This means that those state-owned institutions, which have a strong technology mandate, must be aligned and be keenly sensitive to the development of our education system.