Equal Education media statement: Victories in 2020 in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa

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9 December 2020

Equal Education media statement: Victories in 2020 in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa 

This year, EE members – learners (Equalisers), post-school youths, parents and teachers – have made important progress in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa. Our victories  range from winning changes for specific schools (new infrastructure), to impacting the whole education system (getting daily school meals for over nine million learners). Here are some of them.

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  • Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education emphasises the importance of school infrastructure to quality teaching and learning, and to matric results  – January 2020  
  • Noordgesig Primary School in Gauteng gets a brand new building, after EE campaigned for asbestos buildings at the school to be replaced  – January 2020  
  • The draft KwaZulu-Natal scholar transport policy is published for public comment  – April 2020
  • The Constitutional Court says independent schools are not immune from the Constitution  – June 2020
  • The Department of Basic Education’s Directions on COVID-19 and the reopening of schools includes key recommendations made by Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) and SECTION27  – June 2020
  • Progress on prioritising school safety in the Western Cape – June 2020
  • We get the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) to be restarted under lockdown  – July 2020
  • We get scholar transport for two schools in the Eastern Cape –  June 2020
  • Our virtual, national Children’s Conference gets learners talking directly to education officials – July 2020
  • Emergency water supply for Eastern Cape schools that we campaigned for – August 2020
  • Guidelines for appointing implementing agents (who build schools on behalf of government) are published by the Department of Basic Education – September 2020
  • Western Cape High Court confirms government’s responsibility to provide affordable housing in central Cape Town  – August 2020
  • The proposed changes to the South African Schools Act (SASA) include the proposals made by Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre  – October 2020
  • The building of new toilets at Lutholi Junior Secondary in the Eastern Cape is almost finished – December 2020
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa makes performance contracts for Ministers, including Minister Motshekga, public  – December 2020