As I have previously posted, the many changes in the syllabus for South African students has resulted in a bevy of unintended consequences. Only if you are intimately involved in the teaching and transfer of sills, can one truly appreciate  the negative impact of introducing uncertainty into the marketplace. I question the consultants who have been advising the government on this aspect of education. I seriously doubt that they have any appreciation of the consequences. The panacea for the parlous state of education seems to be that we just  design a new syllabus!!! A recent article in the Mail and  Guardian stated that it takes ten years (thats right, TEN YEARS) for a new syllabus to bed down and start delivering results. In the interim there is uncertainty and wasted effort as various aspects of the syllabus get changed, amended, deleted etc. What this means for us is that we can only expect some sort of return in 2022. By that stage our second lost generation is in the marketplace, totally unprepared for what they are going to face, with the expectation that to bugger up two out of every three products they make or sell is somehow acceptable???? Well, what do you mean that is not  acceptable? I passed matric with 30%!!!!! Oh and by the way I am not coming into work tomorrow as you were nasty to me!! And the band pays on! Happy Sunday.