Media Statements

EE and EELC welcome the DBE’s case-by-case approach to managing COVID-19 infections in schools and celebrate announcement of vaccinations for all school staff 

19 June 2021 Joint media statement: Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre welcome the DBE’s case-by-case approach to managing COVID-19 infections in schools and celebrate the announcement of vaccinations for all school staff  Equal Education (EE) and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) welcome that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is taking a careful,

June 19, 2021

National Council (board) statement: Update on independent investigation into the tragic drowning of Eastern Cape Equaliser Avethandwa Nokhangela

26 May 2021 Equal Education National Council (board) statement: Update on independent investigation into the tragic drowning of Eastern Cape Equaliser Avethandwa Nokhangela The fact-finding process undertaken by the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) will be concluded on Friday, 28 May 2021.   The National Council, Equal Education’s highest governance structure, has appointed an independent panel

May 26, 2021

Joint media statement: Western Cape Education MEC Schäfer must fulfil her responsibility to develop long term solutions to the yearly school admissions crisis, instead of making false claims about Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre being unwilling to help

28 April 2021 Joint media statement: Western Cape Education MEC Schäfer must fulfil her responsibility to develop long term solutions to the yearly school admissions crisis, instead of making false claims about Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre being unwilling to help Last week, in a media statement on the school admissions crisis, Western

April 28, 2021

Statement: EE members are picketing at KZN Edu Dept to demand release of final Learner Transport Policy

22 April 2021 Equal Education media statement: This morning Equal Education members are picketing at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education (KZNDoE) in Pietermaritzburg to demand the release of the final KwaZulu-Natal Learner Transport Policy Equal Education (EE) learner members and post-school youth members are picketing outside the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education (KZNDoE) in Pietermaritzburg today,

April 22, 2021

Joint media statement: Education departments are slacking on the court-ordered reporting on the National School Nutrition Programme, while 1.5 million learners are still not receiving meals

21 April 2021   Joint media statement: Education departments are slacking on the court-ordered reporting on the National School Nutrition Programme, while 1.5 million learners are still not receiving meals Over 1.5 million learners are still not being provided with school meals, while some provincial education departments are repeatedly failing to report on whether they are

April 21, 2021

Joint media statement: Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre have made a submission on the draft school admissions policy, urging Department of Basic Education to carefully reconsider some of the shortcomings that will have a negative impact on the right to education

29 March 2021 Joint media statement: Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre have made a submission on the draft school admissions policy, urging Department of Basic Education to carefully reconsider some of the shortcomings that will have a negative impact on the right to education  Equal Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre

March 29, 2021

Joint media statement: Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre call for investigations around a learner being forced into a pit latrine to be carefully, quickly and sensitively handled – and demand government move faster to eradicate plain pit latrines at 1 243 Eastern Cape schools

18 March 2021 Joint media statement: Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre call for investigations around a learner being forced into a pit latrine to be carefully, quickly and sensitively handled – and demand government move faster to eradicate plain pit latrines at 1 243 Eastern Cape schools  Equal Education and the Equal Education

March 18, 2021

Equal Education post-school youth members media statement: We condemn police brutality at Wits University! Forward to free, quality, equal and decolonised education!

10 March 2021 Equal Education post-school youth members media statement: We condemn police brutality at Wits University! Forward to free, quality, equal and decolonised education!  Equal Education (EE) is saddened by the death of a man at the hands of police today at a protest at Wits University. We strongly condemn police brutality. We stand

March 10, 2021

Equal Education budget reaction statement: The 2021 budget provides a small amount of relief for education, but overall the cuts are going to hurt schools

25 February 2021 Equal Education budget reaction statement: The 2021 budget provides a small amount of relief for education, but overall the cuts are going to hurt schools   Yesterday, when Finance Minister Tito Mboweni tabled the 2021 budget, there was slightly better news for education than in last year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS),

February 25, 2021