uMalusi denies forcing ‘slave trade’ assessment on schools
Regulatory body uMalusi has denied forcing schools to administer an assessment on the transatlantic slave trade to their pupils.
This comes after reports that a private school was instructed to give an assessment on the topic to their grade 7 class.
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uMalusi CEO Mafu Rakometsi has described the accusations as “reckless and unfortunate”.
"The evaluation process is conducted in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 12. This means that uMalusi officials would not have advised the school on the work prescribed for Grade 7 as alleged in the media.
"According to the CAPS, the topic of ‘Transatlantic Slave Trade’ is part of the curriculum for History in Grade 7. However, uMalusi does not specify the content of school based assessment or the approach used by schools to assess learners on any of the topics."
Rakometsi says they will follow up with the school.
"We will engage with the school to find out why they are making such claims and hopefully resolve the matter amicably.”