Equal Education: The GNU must listen to the people – stop Austerity, stop the VAT hike, do your duty by the Constitution and show up for equality
On Wednesday, 19 February, Equal Education stood united alongside numerous other social movements, students, community based organisations, trade union federations, and civil society groupings in a mass demonstration against austerity budgeting. We stood united in our vision for a freer, more just society. We stood united in our calls for fully funded public services, for progressive […]
EQUAL EDUCATION’S RESPONSE TO THE MTBPS: EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS MUST WASTE LESS, SPEND BETTER!
Equal Education welcomes the tabling of the 2016/17 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. We particularly welcome the additional R143 million given to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), and the swift action taken to ensure that learners in Vuwani do not suffer academically due to the protest action earlier […]
EE is disappointed at the underspending of ASIDI grant and condemns the acceptance of failure by DBE
The DBE and national Treasury presented their 2015/16 fourth quarter results and 2016/17 first quarter results to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Standing Committee on Appropriations respectively on 23 August 2016. These results reveal that there has once again been severe underspending of the ASIDI grant, despite the first Norms and Standards […]
