KZN EDUCATION MEC AND SECURITY OFFICIALS EMBARRASSED BY EE MEMBERS PEACEFULLY CALLING FOR SCHOLAR TRANSPORT, CALL POLICE TO DISPERSE LAWFUL GATHERING Yesterday Equal Education (EE) attempted to hold a picket and a screening of our new film Long Walk to School outside the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Education Department offices in Pietermaritzburg. Our demand of the Department
This month, Equal Education (EE) will be holding national teach-ins (political schools) for EE members from the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. The theme of this year’s teach-ins is “Workers’ and Students Unite! From the Class Struggle to the Classroom”. The national teach-ins, similar to any educational seminar on an issue
10 JULY 2017 Tomorrow, outside the head offices of the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department in Pietermaritzburg, Equal Education members will be gathering for the screening of our new short film, Long Walk To School. The film traces EE’s scholar transport campaign since 2014, and the lives of the EE members who have challenged the refusal of
Equal Education Western Cape would like to thank the Western Cape Standing Committee on Education for inviting us to present on the findings of our Schools Social Audit on Safety and Sanitation yesterday. EE learners, parents and staff representatives appreciate deeply the opportunity to be heard by the elected representatives mandated to oversee the work
Since 2014, Equal Education (EE) has been campaigning for the provision of safe, government-subsidised scholar transport in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and in South Africa. We have marched, picketed, and many times formally engaged provincial and national government in writing and in person. Our members have secured hard-fought victories, including the provision of government-subsidised buses to three
15 June 2017 EQUAL EDUCATION MEDIA STATEMENT: EE GAUTENG MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DECLARATION ADOPTED AFTER SUCCESSFUL COLLOQUIUM Equal Education Gauteng held a successful Menstrual Hygiene Colloquium on Saturday 10 June 2017 at the Wits Education Campus in Parktown. The colloquium focused on the question of access to sanitary wear, highlighting the many health concerns as well
8 June 2017 EQUAL EDUCATION MEDIA STATEMENT: EE EASTERN CAPE PICKET OUTSIDE LEGISLATURE CALLING ON MPLS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR OVERSIGHT OF THE ECDOE AND HELP #FIXOURSCHOOLS In June 2017, staff and volunteers from Equal Education in the Eastern Cape will be holding a number of pickets outside the Eastern CapeLegislature in Bhisho. Today (Thursday
EQUAL EDUCATION MEDIA STATEMENT: AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT CONFIRMS THAT SERIOUS PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION PERSIST The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) recently released their second audit report on the education sector. Focusing on the 2014/15 financial year, the report notes significant improvements from the previous year’s audit, but also highlights that serious implementation
Yesterday Basic Education Minister Minister, Angie Motshekga delivered her post-Council of Education Ministers (CEM) meeting statement, and her 2017 Budget Vote speech. EE welcomes the Minister’s commitment to explore funding for the National Learner Transport Policy by means of a conditional grant, and her declaration that early learning is the DBE’s “most important priority”. However,
Equal Education Gauteng will be holding a picket outside the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), the office of MEC Panyaza Lesufi, on Thursday 4 May 2017. On the 29 November 2013, the Minimum Norms and Standards of School Infrastructure were promulgated by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. This law is the result of years
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