20 July 2020 Joint media statement: Education rights organisations and school communities to now monitor government’s compliance with the school meals court judgment “I am excited by this judgment but also sad that we had to resort to taking the Minister and the MECs to court for what they should Continue Reading
17 July 2020 Joint media advisory: Victory for Equal Education, Limpopo school governing bodies and over nine million learners as court rules that government’s National School Nutrition Programme must immediately resume for all learners! #SchoolMealsNow #9MillionMeals #FamiliesNeedNSNP Today, Acting Deputy Judge President of the North Gauteng High Court, Judge Continue Reading
1 July 2020 Joint media alert: School nutrition court case to be heard tomorrow, to ensure that education departments honour string of promises to provide meals to all nine million learners Tomorrow, Thursday 2 July, the urgent case brought by Equal Education (EE) and two Limpopo schools to ensure that Continue Reading
26 June 2020 Joint media statement: School meals court case to be heard this Thursday 2 July, as education departments shamefully fail to honour latest promise #SchoolMealsNow #9MillionMeals #FamiliesNeedNSNP “It is also affecting my siblings especially my younger brother who will cry when he does not have food to eat. Continue Reading
12 June 2020 Joint statement: Education activists and schools take Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments to court over backtracking on National School Nutrition Programme Equal Education (EE) and the school governing bodies (SGBs) of two Limpopo schools have today launched an urgent court application against the Continue Reading
JOINT STATEMENT: 3 June 2020 – SECTION27 and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), representing Equal Education (EE) and the school governing bodies of schools in Limpopo, are considering taking the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to court if it fails to roll out the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) Continue Reading
Joint media statement: The Department of Basic Education commits to ensuring the National School Nutrition Programme reaches all learner beneficiaries from 1 June 27 May 2020 – During an engagement with education stakeholders yesterday, the Department of Basic Education confirmed that – in addition to Grade 7 and 12 learners Continue Reading
12 May 2020 Joint media statement: The Department of Basic Education must present clear and comprehensive plans to the public Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) and SECTION27 welcome the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) announcement that final plans on the phased re-opening of schools will be Continue Reading
29 April 2020 Media statement: Basic education authorities have not convincingly demonstrated that all schools will be provided with the necessary resources and support to reopen next Wednesday This morning the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its Covid-19 sector plan to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education. Equal Education Continue Reading
To: The Honorable Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development Mr Mondli Gungubele mgungubele@parliament.gov.za / tmarubelele@parliament.gov.za c/o Lindiwe Ntsabo (Committee Secretary) lntsabo@parliament.gov.za And to: The Honorable Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education Ms Bongiwe Pricilla Mbinqo-Gigaba rnourse@parliament.gov.za c/o Llewellyn Brown (Committee Secretary) lbrown@parliament.gov.za Dear Honorable Chairpersons RE: Continue Reading
OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION PLANNING IN A TIME OF CRISIS – SCHOOL FEEDING SCHEMES CAN AND MUST CONTINUE 10 APRIL 2020 Dear Minister Motshekga, As education and children’s rights organisations and activists, we recognise the exceptionally difficult task that confronts government at this time. South Africa Continue Reading
Equal Education (EE), the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) and SECTION27, have made a joint submission to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, highlighting cases of fraud and corruption in the delivery of education-related services. Our submission is concerned with the unseen but profound impact that State capture Continue Reading