{"id":124629,"date":"2016-05-24T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T08:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=124629"},"modified":"2016-05-24T10:32:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T08:32:53","slug":"this-zuma-exam-question-has-made-gautengs-education-mec-very-angry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/124629\/this-zuma-exam-question-has-made-gautengs-education-mec-very-angry\/","title":{"rendered":"This Zuma exam question has made Gauteng’s Education MEC very angry"},"content":{"rendered":"

A grade 6 exam question involving a Zapiro cartoon of president Jacob Zuma has made Gauteng MEC for education,\u00a0Panyaza Lesufi very angry, according to a report by The Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The question, posed in an exam for grade 6 pupils at an unnamed school, presented a picture of president Zuma drawn by political cartoonist, Zapiro.<\/p>\n

The picture is on Zuma with a shower head, floating in a pool of money. The exam then asked pupils to identify who was depicted in the picture, and asked if they would vote for him and why.<\/p>\n

Images of the exam question hit social media, sparking outrage from Zuma supporters as well as government officials.<\/p>\n

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According to the Star, Gauteng Education MEC\u00a0Panyaza Lesufi responded to the images with outrage, saying that the education department would investigate the matter and\u00a0\u00a0“act decisively” against a school that used it.<\/p>\n

“Someone will fall, we can assure you” he was quoted saying.<\/p>\n

Lesufi said he would not name the school, citing safety reasons. Speaking to The Star, however, he did reveal that it was a Christian school.<\/p>\n

“My team went to the school to gather information, and from that, we will take decisive action. How do you have a question like this in the middle of election season?\u00a0Teaching is about teaching and not transferring your hatred of something or a person onto the pupils,” Lesufi told the paper.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Lesufi said he would hold the same stance if it was any other political figure depicted, including opposition party leaders.<\/p>\n

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Are political questions in school exams appropriate?<\/strong><\/p>