Iinkonzo kunye neengozi zeRedshirting: Into ekufuneka uyazi

Umxholo

• Yintoni ukubuyisela kwakhona?
• Ziziphi iinzuzo?
• Ziziphi iingozi?
• Kuqheleke kangakanani ukuphinda ubuyise kwakhona?
• Ungayenza njani ebomvu kwakhona
• Ukuthatha

Yintoni ukubuyisela kwakhona?

Igama elithi "redshirting" lalisetyenziswa ngokwesiko ukuchaza iimbaleki zekholeji ezihlala unyaka weembaleki ukuze zikhule kwaye zomelele.

Ngoku, eli gama sele liyindlela eqhelekileyo yokuchaza ukubhalisa umntwana wakho kade enkulisa ukubanika ixesha elongezelelekileyo ngaphambi kokuqala isikolo samabanga aphantsi.

Ukulibaziseka enkulisa akuqhelekanga. Abanye abazali bayakujonga ukuba umntwana wabo unolibaziseko lokukhula okanye ukuba usuku lokuzalwa lusondele kumhla wokunqunyulwa kwenkulisa yesithili. Ngokubanzi, kuxhomekeke kumzali ukuba enze isigqibo malunga nokuba umntwana wakhe ungena nini enkulisa.

Ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuba ukuba redirirting kufanelekile kumntwana wakho, kubalulekile ukuba uzilinganise iimfuno zomntwana wakho ngezibonelelo ekucingelwa ukuba zikhona kunye nezinto ezimbi zokuzibamba ngonyaka.

Ziziphi iinzuzo?

Abaphandi bahlalutye izibonelelo ezithile ezicetywayo zokubuyisela kwakhona umntwana kumntwana, kodwa alukhange lubekho uvavanyo olungenamsebenzi lokuhlalutya ukuphinda usebenzise kwakhona.

Oko kuthetha ukuba iziphumo zesayensi zinomda kwaye akunakupeyinta umfanekiso opheleleyo. Rhoqo, abantwana abaqhelekileyo abanxibe iimpahla ezimhlophe, abangamadoda, kunye nakwinqanaba eliphezulu kwezoqoqosho.

Olunye uphononongo luvavanye abantwana baseDenmark abathi ngokufuthi bangene enkulisa ngonyaka ababa neminyaka esi-6 ngawo. Lo ngunyaka omdala kunenkoliso yabantwana baseMelika, abadla ngokubhalisa unyaka abaya kuba neminyaka emi-5.

Abaphandi bagqiba kwelokuba oku kuqalisa kamva kwisikolo sabantwana abancinci kunciphise ukungakhathaleli kunye nokungakhathali kwabo baneminyaka esi-7. Oku kwaqhubeka xa baphononongwa kwakhona nge-11. Abaphandi bagqiba kwelokuba oku kulibaziseka kuyayiphucula impilo yengqondo yomntwana.

Olunye uphando olunamaqela ohlukeneyo olwahlukeneyo luyafuneka ukuxhasa la mabango.

Ngelixa izifundo zinqongophele, nazi ezinye zezibonelelo ezicetywayo zokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo:

• Ukunika umntwana wakho unyaka owongezelelweyo ukuba aqole ngaphambi kokuba angene esikolweni kunokubanceda baphumelele kwimfundo esemthethweni.
• Umntwana wakho unokufumana unyaka ongezelelweyo “wokudlala” ngaphambi kokungena kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi. Abaphandi abaninzi baphonononge ukubaluleka kokudlala, kwaye izifundo ezininzi ziye zajonga unxibelelwano phakathi kokudlala kunye nomzimba, intlalo, kunye nabantwana.
• Ukuba usuku lokuzalwa komntwana wakho lusondele kwisikolo sakho, ukusigcina unyaka kuya kubanceda ukuba baphephe ukuba ngomnye wabantwana abancinci kwiklasi yabo.

Ziziphi iingozi?

Kukho ezinye iingxaki ezinokubakho ekubuyiseleni kwakhona:

• Uncedo lokufunda ngomntwana wakho alunakuhlala ngaphaya kweminyaka embalwa yokuqala yesikolo.
• Umntwana wakho unokudideka ngabantu afunda nabo abaselula, nabangakhulanga kangako.
• Kuya kufuneka uhlawule unyaka ongezelelweyo wokufunda kwisikolo sabucala, okanye ulungiselele enye indlela yokhathalelo lwabantwana, ngakumbi ukuba ungumzali ongatshatanga okanye kwimanyano yababini yokufumana umvuzo.
• Umntwana wakho uya kulahlekelwa ngumvuzo wonyaka njengomntu omdala onokubangela ilahleko yemali ukuya kuthi ga kwi-80,000 yeedola.

Inqaku elinye leengcali kwezemfundo lisebenzisa ezi zizathu ukulumkisa abazali malunga nokubamba umntwana wabo enkulisa. Bancomela kuphela ekuqwalaseleni ukuphinda umnike umntwana kwakhona ukuba umntwana unolibaziseko lokukhula okunzima, okanye ufumana ukulahleka okanye ukugula okungapheliyo kothandekayo.

Ukuphinda ubuyise kwakhona kunokubonelela ngoncedo oluncinci kumntwana wakho ukuba abanako ukufikelela kwisikolo esifanelekileyo kwisikolo sabantwana abasaqalayo okanye kolunye uhlobo lokucebisa ngexesha lonyaka wabo obomvu.

Kuqheleke kangakanani ukuphinda ubuyise kwakhona?

Redshirting ayiqhelekanga kakhulu, ngokomndilili. Ngo-2010, iipesenti ezingama-87 zabantwana abasaqalayo zaqala ngexesha kwaye iipesenti ezi-6 zalibaziseka. Enye iipesenti ezi-6 eziphindaphindiweyo ze-kindergarten kunye neepesenti enye zangena kwi-kindergarten ngaphambi kwexesha.

Unokuhlala kwenye indawo apho ukuphinda ubambe kwakhona kuxhaphake kakhulu, okanye apho kunqabile ukuba kwenziwe khona. Ukuphinda ubuyise ngokutsha kunokuba yinto eqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezithile okanye phakathi koluntu oluthile okanye amaqela ezoqoqosho.

Umzekelo, ukuziqhelanisa kuxhaphake kakhulu phakathi kwabazali abanezidanga zekholeji. Bangamaxesha ama-4 amathuba okuba banike amakhwenkwe ngokuzalwa kwehlobo unyaka ongezelelweyo kunabo bazali baneediploma zamabanga aphakamileyo.

Amazwe amaninzi atshintshe imihla yokungena kwe-kindergarten kwaye azisa ukhetho olongezelelekileyo lwabantwana.

Umzekelo, iCalifornia yatshintsha iminyaka yokunqunyulwa kwesikolo ngo-2010 kwaye, kwangaxeshanye, yazisa ngenkqubo yotshintsho yabantwana ukubonelela ngamathuba ophuculo kubantwana abaphosileyo ukusikwa. Ezi ntlobo zotshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo zinokuba negalelo ekunciphiseni ukulungiswa kwakhona.

Ungayenza njani ebomvu kwakhona

Nje ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokulibazisa enkulisa unyaka, yintoni elandelayo?

Izithili zesikolo kunye neemfuno zikarhulumente zenkulisa ziyahluka. Jonga kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi sekamva lomntwana wakho ukuze ufumane indlela yokulibaziseka enkulisa ngonyaka.

Kungaba lula njengokungambhalisi umntwana wakho kunyaka wesikolo okanye ukumkhupha umntwana wakho ukuba sele ubhalisile. Isithili sesikolo sakho sinokufuna ngaphezulu kuwe, ke phanda ukuba ukwenze njani kwisithili sakho.

Ukufumanisa ukuba wenzeni nomntwana wakho ngaloo nyaka ungezelelweyo ngomnye umcimbi. Usenokukwazi ukwandisa ixesha lomntwana wakho ekugcinweni kwemini okanye kwisikolo sabantwana abasaqalayo, okanye kusenokuba kufanelekile ukufuna ukhetho olwahlukileyo lwesikolo kulo nyaka ungezelelweyo.

Unokukhangela iindlela zokunceda umntwana wakho kunyaka wabo ongezelelweyo ngaphambi kwenkulisa. Nazi izakhono zophuhliso kunye nemisebenzi ekufuneka ujolise kuyo:

• Nceda umntwana wakho afunde oonobumba, amanani, imibala, kunye neemilo.
• Funda iincwadi ngokuvakalayo kwaye ukhuthaze umntwana wakho ukuba asebenzisane nazo.
• Cula iingoma ezinemvano-siphelo uze uziqhelanise namagama anemvano- siphelo.
• Ishedyuli yokudlala rhoqo kunye nokuveza umntwana wakho koontanga bakhe ukuphucula izakhono zentlalo.
• Thatha umntwana wakho uye naye emhlabeni ukuze angene kumava abanzi, njengokundwendwela umyezo wezilwanyana, imyuziyam yabantwana, kunye nezinye iindawo ezibamba iingcinga zabo.
• Bhalisa umntwana wakho kwiiklasi ezongezelelweyo ezifana nobugcisa, umculo, okanye isayensi.

Qiniseka ukuba unyaka ongezelelweyo wesikolo sabantwana abasaqalayo uyamcebisa kwaye unomvuzo. Oku kuyakwenza kube lula ukutshintshela kwisikolo sabantwana abancinci kunyaka olandelayo, ngelixa unceda umntwana wakho ukuba afumane okona kulonyaka uzayo.

Ukuthatha

Cingisisa ngononophelo izinto ezilungileyo nezingalunganga, kwaye uqwalasele iimfuno ezizodwa zomntwana wakho ngaphambi kokuthatha isigqibo sokubuyisela umntwana wakho kwakhona. Cinga ngokuthetha nabazali babantwana abadala kunye nogqirha wabantwana kunye nootitshala ngaphambi kokwenza isigqibo. Jonga kwakhona iimfuno zesikolo sakho.

Enye inketho kukubhalisa umntwana wakho kwi-kindergartner ngexesha, kodwa unokugcina umntwana wakho enkulisa kunyaka wesibini, ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuba kamva.

Njengomzali, umazi kakuhle umntwana wakho. Ngolwazi oluchanekileyo kunye negalelo, unokuthatha isigqibo sokuba ubhalise nini umntwana wakho enkulisa.