Any advise re OBE schooling versus THRASS?

My kids are due to start Grade 1 next year, I have 2 schools in mind - 1 follows THRASS and the other OBE.

Any comments and things to look out for based on these educational teachings?

OBE = Crock o' Crap

I know nothing about THRASS but OBE has been tried and dumped by many countries, even before SA tried it.

Also remember that govt schools have about a 22% success rate of taking a grade 1 starter to a matric pass, so whatever you do, avoid those....

OBE is a new curriculum. THRASS is a methodology. If you don't know the difference between the two then don't make a fool of yourself trying to compare the two.

You are the only one who is going to ensure your kid get's the education they need; a school can only do that much.

Common guys by now you must be able to differentiate between OBE & THRASS. Dont make remarks when you not sure.

I think our 2008 and 2009 matric results show without a doubt that OBE has failed, even if it has "continuous assessment" and teaches "practical skills". Continuous assessment, which I understand to mean frequent testing of the material being taught, has always been used in South Africa schools. To suggest that "before", children were not tested is ludicrous. Unfortunately, of course, the words "continuous assessment" mean different things to different people. It turns out that the phrase does not mean "frequent testing", but rather refers to a teacher making a subjective comment about each pupil each week in each subject - a colossal waste of energy and time, and totally useless in determining whether or not the child has actually mastered the material! Well, our 2009 matric results show that at least 40% of them (4 out of 10) did NOT master the material ... The name "OBE" stands for "Outcomes Based Education". What they are trying to say is that NOW we "teach for results (outcomes)". As a teacher of many years standing, I can tell you that a good teacher always "teaches for results", and always has done. OBE did not invent this "new" idea! It is very deceitful, and as I said before, the matric results speak for themselves. I am sorry that there are still some die-hard so-called educationalists who insist that OBE is here to stay. That is very bad news for South Africa's children. The only solution, as I see it, is to remove your children from the school system altogether and homeschool them. Mothers make excellent teachers, and they have the great advantage that they normally are very practical people who are able to see when something doesn't work, and don't insist on continuing with a favourite theory (e.g. OBE) when it has clearly failed. Since homeschooling was legalized in South Africa in 1996 thousands of families have gone this route, with excellent results, not only academically, but in family life and in every other way. So all is not lost - even if we are stuck with OBE!

Listen people I am a OBE kid. Or at least a guinea pig for OBE when it was just introduced. It is a load of BS!! First of all you don't know up from down the teachers know even less and you these BS assignments which one pupil completes and the rest of the group reaps the benefits of your work. It is bull never worked and never will work!! My little brother he was an OBE pupil and his marks dropped drasticly from primary school into high school. My own personal opinion and conclusion is the OBE in a bad idea!!

Not impressed at all, you all say it's so marvelous well guess again!

Not Impressed

KBY

Hear, hear, Alison and KBY.
OBE is rubbish for the teachers and the pupils (note: I don't use the word learners)
I've been there, done that in education and only a few aspects of OBE are useful.