School supporter

Good schooling supporter of Honeydew writes:

I write to comment on the opinion of Mel Naidoo about Education – a business?

Firstly I believe that all of government and its SOCs or SOEs and agencies such as schools should be run like businesses.

Then we would not have the mismanagement or lack of management, corruption, misappropriation and disappearance of funds nor unauthorised expenditure and wastage resulting in ‘unclean’ qualified audits which many government institutions have.

Businessmen know how to run and operate a going concern properly, or they would be fired on-the spot without pay or severance packages.

Governing bodies are often run by parents, interested in their children’s education, who are business people making sure things run correctly.

Thank Heavens! Not like Angie Motshekga mentioned, our Minister of Education, who seems to walk around with her eyes closed or indeed not walk around at all, and mis- or un-informed by her mostly incapable staff.

I agree with much said especially about the aspects of the running costs of schools which the government should be paying for. I trust that these ex-Model C schools really try to get their monies from government to keep their costs down in order to offer the above average education, which they

do and hence their popularity. Of course at a cost they also offer extra- and co-curricular activities and sports, again with a view to providing balanced

and specialised people to our country, such as our Springboks and Proteas.

We all have the option to choose to send our children to the schools we prefer, and if the writer wishes, may send their children to the cheap

schools offering the basic rights. You choose and pay for what you want out of life and from the products you buy. The same goes for schooling. Remember that there are no jobs waiting for your children, since government is unable and incapable to stimulate our economy. I hope our children can make a better success of our future government. I choose to pay more and get more for some services, and work very hard to enable that, and am very fortunate and blessed to be able to choose.

Tertiary education is and remains a privilege in RSA, since our economy is not as advanced as those overseas who have surplus money from

the taxpaying people who work hard and efficiently.

Editor’s note: Letter published unedited.