Read more about the article FOOT IN MOUTH: HOUT BAY SCHOOL SAYS LEARNERS WHO CAN’T AFFORD SHOES CAN’T WRITE EXAMS

FOOT IN MOUTH: HOUT BAY SCHOOL SAYS LEARNERS WHO CAN’T AFFORD SHOES CAN’T WRITE EXAMS

The powers of School Governing Bodies to deny children access to education on the basis of language, culture or social class must be curtailed. In Hout Bay, a governing body wants to exclude children who can’t afford shoes.

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Read more about the article TEACHER CUTS: NATIONAL MUST REMOVE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS’ DISCRETION TO USE EDUCATION BUDGETS AS THEY WISH

TEACHER CUTS: NATIONAL MUST REMOVE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS’ DISCRETION TO USE EDUCATION BUDGETS AS THEY WISH

Over the next three years, the Western Cape Government will not spend R8 Billion of the funds it receives from the national treasury for education on education, leaving it with a R3.79 Billion education shortfall and “forcing” it to fire thousands of teachers.

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Read more about the article APPEAL TO WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT TO SHIFT MONEY IN ITS BUDGET TO SAVE TEACHERS JOBS

APPEAL TO WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT TO SHIFT MONEY IN ITS BUDGET TO SAVE TEACHERS JOBS

The GOOD Party calls on Western Cape Premier Alan Winde to concede that scrapping teachers when the country is in the grip of a teacher shortage is untenable, and that – like it or not – the Western Cape will shuffle its budget and ring-fence more money for education.

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Read more about the article WESTERN CAPE TEACHER CUTS: EDUCATION MEC’S ANSWERS REVEAL PROVINCE’S POLITICAL INTENT

WESTERN CAPE TEACHER CUTS: EDUCATION MEC’S ANSWERS REVEAL PROVINCE’S POLITICAL INTENT

There is a national teacher shortage in the country. The last thing the long-term development of the country and its people needs is to deprioritise education. Not least, in a country where the generational impact of deliberate under-education of the majority of citizens remains so keenly felt. Maynier must be stopped from scoring political points at the expense of teachers.

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Read more about the article THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY BUT ONLY THE WESTERN CAPE IS GETTING RID OF TEACHERS

THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY BUT ONLY THE WESTERN CAPE IS GETTING RID OF TEACHERS

While budgetary constraints are impacting all provincial education departments, the Western Cape is seemingly the only province that is refusing to shift money around to plug the gap (though it has the choice and the resources to do so).

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