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This year’s theme, “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher”, reminds the global community that the right to education cannot be achieved without the right to have trained and qualified teachers. It is canada goose outlet jackets recognised that strides have been made in the training of teachers in South Africa. Much of this is seen in the re curriculation of teacher education programmes across the country to align with the new minimum standards for teacher education.

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