Johannesburg - Matric maths teachers in KwaZulu-Natal performed dismally when tested with a past matric maths paper, The Mercury reported on Monday.

Research was carried out with 253 teachers in the province to investigate their knowledge of the subject they are teaching.

Teachers got an average mark of 57%, and a quarter of them got below 39%.

The research was published in the "Perspectives in Education Journal" in March and authored by Thokozani Mkhwanazi and Sarah Bansilal from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Deonarain Brijlall from the Durban University of Technology.

The difficulty of questions in a maths exam is broken down into four levels, with level four being the most challenging.

The teachers who wrote the test managed an average of 26% on level four questions, which made researchers question how they could be teaching their pupils.

"The results of this study raise concerns about the teaching of maths by (Grade 10 to 12) teachers whose knowledge is so poor," the researchers were quoted as saying.

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LMFAO.

Illimaths

The heading is misleading!! You're making it sound like it's all teachers. Wena mthetho wakho uthanda ukus'hlokoloza

After some people would say Nigerian teachers are the worst on the continent. ...may God bless all teachers, its not easy building future leaders.

So what go home to be bokorised or e-bolised and leave sa dumb teachers alone. They are not your business.

BluIvy: So what go home to be bokorised or e-bolised and leave sa dumb teachers alone. They are not your business.

wetin dis one dey talk sef mtscheew