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Date
: 03/11/2003
Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: Van Schalkwyk: Education Imbizo, Blue Downs
EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY THE WESTERN CAPE PREMIER, MARTHINUS VAN
SCHALKWYK, AT AN EDUCATION IMBIZO, Blue Downs, 3 November
2003
EQUIPPING MATRICS WITH MARKETABLE SKILLS: PROVINCE TO INVESTIGATE
DRIVER'S TRAINING AT SCHOOLS
The core business of our schools is to prepare our youth for the
demands of life. Where in the past the emphasis in schools lay
entirely on academics there has been a clear shift in the last nine
years towards equipping our learners with a full range of skills,
knowledge and life experience to better prepare them for the
requirements and challenges of global competition. Our Western Cape
government sees this as a very positive development in our
education system and believes that it should be taken even further.
Our Western Cape Education Department under the leadership of
Minister Andr