Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has highlighted foundation learning as an essence for developing core skills in literacy and numeracy.

Gwarube says foundation learning is the building block for future learning.  

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The day has arrived!

Today we host the G20 National Basic Education Indaba at Century City, Cape Town; bringing together learners, educators, unions, SGBs, MECs, ambassadors, civil society, and international partners to turn South Africa’s G20 education… pic.twitter.com/kua9qti20l

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The Minister is delivering her speech at the G20 National Education Basic Indaba which is under way in Cape Town. 

It’s being held under the theme ,”Taking the G20 to the People – A National Indaba for Advancing Quality Foundational Learning.” 

She says her department is working on addressing the financial challenges faced by provinces.

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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube is speaking at the G20 National Basic Education Indaba, which begins today in Cape Town. She says her department is working on addressing the financial challenges faced by provinces. pic.twitter.com/H9Bol0q0uM

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“Today we will hear from leaders and partners who are already showing us what is possible when policy, financing and community action come together. How do make sure that the majority of South African learners who fall within the second category are in fact given a fair chance to be able to, not only get through school, to read, for meaning to calculate confidently, but also to take on difficult subjects like maths, science and accounting, because they’ve been given the strong foundations right at the beginning.” 

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