Equal Education welcomes the DBE circular protecting foreign national learners and calls on schools to uphold learner safety
MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2026 Equal Education welcomes the DBE circular protecting foreign national learners and calls on schools to uphold learner safety Equal Education welcomes the Department of Basic Education’s Circular S7 of 2026, issued ahead of the start of the third school term, which prohibits vigilantism and violence in and […]
MEMORANDUM OF DEMANDS “ALL BLACK LEARNERS FROM WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES MUST HAVE ACCESS TO SCHOOL”
MEMORANDUM OF DEMANDS 50 YEARS AFTER 1976 – ENDING THE SYSTEMIC EXCLUSION OF BLACK LEARNERS IN THE WESTERN CAPE TO: Premier of the Western Cape, Mr. Alan Winde TO: MEC for Education, Western Cape, Mr. David Maynier FROM: Equal Education (EE) DATE: 15 June 2026 Political statement Tomorrow marks 50 years since the Soweto uprising. […]
Request For Quotations: Education Transparency and Accoutability Webpage
REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS Education Transparency and Accountability Webpage Background Equal Education, Equal Education Law Centre, and the National Association of School Governing Bodies invite quotations to update and redesign an education transparency and accountability webpage. The webpage should contain a repository of popular educational materials to support the monitoring of good governance in schools […]
Op-Ed | Long walks to school, unsafe bus rides to school and loss of lives of learners
31 October 2025 By Aluyolo Mbeki, Organiser and Yolisa Piliso, Researcher at Equal Education Section 29(1) of the Constitution guarantees that everyone has a right to a basic education and that it is an unconditionally and immediately realisable right. The Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) and provincial education departments must contend with this universally accepted […]
Joint media alert: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre to host a public engagement on the Draft School Admissions Regulations and School Capacity Norms
On Saturday, 27 September, Equal Education (EE) with the support of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) will host a public meeting in Gauteng, open to all, to discuss the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) recently released Draft Regulations on the Admission of Learners to Public Schools and the Draft Regulations on Minimum Uniform Norms […]