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03-01-2015, 04:29 PM
Hi
I am a parent with a kid in Muslim school in Johannesburg or the last 3 years. Started in grade 1 with the school and am really starting to get concerned. My concerns are as follows:
1. I just as many parents of Muslim School pay quite a bit a month in school fees, yet I have to supply every toiletry imaginable which my kid claims to not really use but the school always requires more
2. There is no sports or sports development - leaving a few of the teachers to look after the kids while they kick a soccer ball or hold a cricket bat is not regarded as sports development
3. The school - I mean has anyone recently saw the state of the schools building, etc???
4. The calender of events - I mean a school that suppose to teach children about planning, never ever seems to manage dates for events. Its always last minute and expect parents to cancel their plans - surely with sufficient notice parents can plan
5. Paying for tests and other activities that the child never ends up participating in?
6. Certain classes just stop for a period of time - for e.g. Computer classes stopped for a period of time with the excuse the teacher is busy with something else...SOMETHING ELSE???
I wonder why the school doesn't focus on sports, developing leadership skills and promoting the required thinking needed from the next generation of leaders. Being exposed myself to other non-muslim private schooling systems they offer so much more, not only secular but also for kids to develop and grow into thinkers that are confident. The sports opportunities and development is also on a level that cannot be compared to with the Muslim school in Johannesburg
All is not doom and gloom. I have met with the teachers on numerous occasions and I must say that they are absolutely brilliant. So I guess the problem must be with the board. There isn't even a parents board or some engagement with the parents from the board. I guess its all about the board doing what they think is needed at the least cost.
I really wonder how the more than R20 Million a year is being spent (Thats just from School Fees)
I am a parent with a kid in Muslim school in Johannesburg or the last 3 years. Started in grade 1 with the school and am really starting to get concerned. My concerns are as follows:
1. I just as many parents of Muslim School pay quite a bit a month in school fees, yet I have to supply every toiletry imaginable which my kid claims to not really use but the school always requires more
2. There is no sports or sports development - leaving a few of the teachers to look after the kids while they kick a soccer ball or hold a cricket bat is not regarded as sports development
3. The school - I mean has anyone recently saw the state of the schools building, etc???
4. The calender of events - I mean a school that suppose to teach children about planning, never ever seems to manage dates for events. Its always last minute and expect parents to cancel their plans - surely with sufficient notice parents can plan
5. Paying for tests and other activities that the child never ends up participating in?
6. Certain classes just stop for a period of time - for e.g. Computer classes stopped for a period of time with the excuse the teacher is busy with something else...SOMETHING ELSE???
I wonder why the school doesn't focus on sports, developing leadership skills and promoting the required thinking needed from the next generation of leaders. Being exposed myself to other non-muslim private schooling systems they offer so much more, not only secular but also for kids to develop and grow into thinkers that are confident. The sports opportunities and development is also on a level that cannot be compared to with the Muslim school in Johannesburg
All is not doom and gloom. I have met with the teachers on numerous occasions and I must say that they are absolutely brilliant. So I guess the problem must be with the board. There isn't even a parents board or some engagement with the parents from the board. I guess its all about the board doing what they think is needed at the least cost.
I really wonder how the more than R20 Million a year is being spent (Thats just from School Fees)