Letter to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education

By cindytest, 26 April 2013 Posted in: News, Right to Access Basic Education, Textbooks

SECTION27 has written a letter to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education requesting a hearing into the Limpopo education crisis. Read more…Letter to Portfolio Committee

The Textbooks Case

By Butho, 12 November 2015

Posted in: Court papers, Right to Access Basic Education, Textbooks

In April 2014, SECTION27, representing Basic Education for All (BEFA) made an application to the High Court in Pretoria to force the State to deliver outstanding textbooks to schools in Limpopo. At the time, the Limpopo Department of Education short-delivered at least 793 567 books. SECTION27 and BEFA won this…

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COURT VICTORY IN THE FIGHT FOR QUALITY EDUCATION

By cindy, 17 May 2012

Posted in: News, Right to Access Basic Education, Textbooks

JUDGE KOLLAPEN ORDERS DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION AND LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DELIVER TEXTBOOKS AND IMPLEMENT CATCH-UP PLAN This morning, Judge Kollapen handed down judgment in the application launched by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, acting on behalf of SECTION27, Hanyani Thomo Secondary School and Tondani Lydia…

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Statement by SECTION27 and the NASGB on the Limpopo Education Crisis

By cindy, 15 June 2012

Posted in: News, Right to Access Basic Education, Textbooks

This week a task team made up of leaders of the National Association of School Governing Bodies and SECTION27 visited schools in three districts in Limpopo; Vhembe, Mopani and Capricorn. The purpose of the visit was to meet with members of SGBs, learners, teachers and school principals to report back on the May 17th judgment of the Pretoria High Court and to assess compliance with the Court’s Order, as well as to discuss other aspects of the deepening crisis in education in Limpopo.

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