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Why hope rests on a few shelves of books

School library campaign will change lives
Why hope rests on a few shelves of books

Cape Times April 23, 2010 Edition 1 

Yolanda Benya is 16 years old and is in Grade 12 at Kwamfundo Senior Secondary School in Khayelitsha. She rises at 6am every weekday – by which time her mother has left for work – and gets herself and her younger brother ready for school. 

EE’s Statement on Tokiso Review and SADTU

The Tokiso Review on labour strikes found that the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) was responsible for 42 % of all working days lost due to industrial action between 1995- 2009. There are two important factors to consider when analyzing this statistic. This first is SADTU a proportion of the labour force, and the second is the 2007 public sector strike.

EE CALLS ON MEC DONALD GRANT TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE FATE OF THE 27 SCHOOLS

Equal Education (EE) calls on Western Cape Education MEC Donald Grant to inform the 27 schools facing closure if they will be closed at the end of this year. By missing the 28 September  2012 deadline, he has negatively impacted the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) ability to ensure that acceptable arrangements are made for learners who have to move schools.

Equal Education to tweet, email, fax and write to Minister Motshekga telling her to FIX OUR SCHOOLS!

On Tuesday, 25 September 2012, Equal Education (EE) will hold a picket from 13h00-16h00 outside Parliament in Cape Town. Stations will be set up where the public canwrite letters, send emails and fax messages to Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga telling her to sign minimum norms and standard for school infrastructure.

Campaign for Norm and Standards Posters

Current Job Openings at Equal Education

Equal Education to hold picket outside Western Cape Education Department over school closures

Tomorrow, 20 September 2012, Equal Education (EE) will picket the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) over its plans to close three schools on the basis of underperformance. Underperformance is an insufficient and impermissible reason for school closure, more so where the WCED has made inadequate interventions to remedy the situation.

Earlier this year the WCED notified 27 schools that they may face closure by the end of 2012. Public consultations are currently underway and the fate of the schools is yet to be finalised.

Statement of the first Equal Education National Council Meeting

On 11 July, at the conclusion of EE’s first National Congress, a National Council (NC) was elected to govern the organisation. It met today in Cape Town for the first time.

South Africa needs Decisive Leadership for Transformation, Equality and Freedom.

Equal Education to march against closure of certain Western Cape schools

Equal Education (EE) will march against the closure of certain Western Cape schools this Saturday, 15 September 2012, in Cape Town.

Earlier this year the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) notified 27 schools that they may face closure by the end of 2012. Public consultations are currently underway and the fate of the schools is yet to be finalised. The march has been arranged by the Save Our Schools coalition to rally support for the 27 schools that are facing closure by the WCED.   

Eastern Cape Department of Basic Education Guilty of Gross Negligence at Moshesh Senior Secondary School

Equal Education launches FIX OUR SCHOOLS: AN EXHIBITION in Cape Town

Today, 30 August 2012, Equal Education (EE) launched FIX OUR SCHOOLS: AN EXHIBITION at the Central Methodist Mission Church in Cape Town. The exhibition was made up of twelve panels that exposed the state of the South African education system and chronicled EE’s work.