Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga describes the country’s education system as a “national catastrophe” and a “crisis”. Motshekga read the riot act to her officials and teachers’ unions in a speech delivered during an education lekgotla this past week. This article originally appeared in the City Press on Sunday 24 January, 2016. Continue Reading
SECTION27 and Basic Education For All (BEFA) commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Michael Komape on Tuesday 20 January 2015. Michael, a Grade R pupil, drowned in a pit toilet at his school in Chebeng village, Limpopo in 2014. This unnecessary tragedy highlighted the need to improve school sanitation Continue Reading
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SECTION27 held a press conference today, 30th of January about the sanitation and infrastructure crisis in Limpopo schools. The press conference highlighted the outcomes of the productive meeting with the Deputy Minister of Basic Education (DBE). SECTION27 and the DBE agreed to work constructively together wherever possible to tackle these Continue Reading
SECTION27 notes with great regret and outrage the death of a Grade R learner who fell into a pit toilet in Mahlodumela Primary School in Chebeng Village, Limpopo on Monday 20 January 2014. We extend our condolences to his family and community. This death was avoidable and highlights the unsafe Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the decision by the Minister of Basic Education to send four senior managers to Limpopo to provide support in identified critical areas and thereby turn around the education crisis in the province.
SECTION27 has just finalised its submission to the Department of Basic Education on the Draft Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure. Attached is a copy of our submission.
On 8 March 2013, following a series of discussions between SECTION27, the National Association of School Governing Bodies (NASGB), the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Limpopo Department of Education, the DBE has provided SECTION27 with a plan to address the urgent need for adequate and sufficient sanitation facilities in Limpopo Schools.
Read the Limpopo Department of Education’s plan and timeframes to address sanitation in Limpopo schools.
The Constitution says:
“Everyone has the right to a basic education.”
Every child the right to dignity and to be protected from neglect and or degradation.
In January 2013 SECTION27, acting on behalf of the parents, the School Governing Body (SGB) and community and the Chief of Madobi village wrote to the Department of Basic National (DBE) and the Limpopo Department of Education (LDE) to request action to address the shocking state of infrastructure at Jaji Secondary School in Vhembe district. This was necessary because the school has been complaining about dilapidated buildings and shortage of classrooms since 2005, but nothing has been done.
Read a detailed account of SECTION27’s priorities in 2013!