Truth be told is a strand of independent journalism. In this knowledge gaps in some subjects in the transition from the foundation to the intermediate phase, curriculum overload in the intermediate phase, insufficient attention to teaching foundational knowledge in literacy and numeracy, and lack
of national assessments in the early phases of the schooling system.
The researchers continue to allude that South Africa is likely to keep sliding down in the global competitiveness tables, which recently rated our education among the worst in the world, I the country fails to address illiteracy. South Africa ranked 137th out of 139 countries when it came to the quality of education and 125th for the quality of primary school education.
In this documentary we would like to investigate the following, what makes us to rank so low in terms of the quality of education? Is this because of lack dedication and commitment from teachers? How do we move forward as a country when we have conflicting views where others
believe teachers do not care about the quality of education? What future do we have, when only a few end up in tertiary education? When we have grade 10 – 12s who cannot properly
read, write or even solve logical problems? series we would like to open viewer’s eyes to what’s going on in their world. We want to investigate unchartered territories in novel ways. Factual is broadening the notion of what investigative documentaries can cover and think afresh about how they can be made into engrossing stories.
