Joint media statement: The Western Cape High Court finds the Western Cape Education Department’s Learner Admissions’ system unfairly discriminates against Black and marginalised learners
4 December 2025 Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) celebrate the Western Cape High Court’s groundbreaking judgment delivered on Friday, 28 November 2025, confirming that learners from Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein, Kuilsriver, Strand, and surrounding areas have an equal right to basic education. On 24 April 2025, EE and the EELC appeared in […]
Joint media alert: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre to host a public engagement on the Draft School Admissions Regulations and School Capacity Norms
On Saturday, 27 September, Equal Education (EE) with the support of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) will host a public meeting in Gauteng, open to all, to discuss the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) recently released Draft Regulations on the Admission of Learners to Public Schools and the Draft Regulations on Minimum Uniform Norms […]
Media Statement: Addressing the Failing Admissions Systems in South African Education
Every year, the start of the school calendar is marred by the recurring crisis of unplaced learners, leaving thousands of children—predominantly from black working-class families—without access to education for unreasonable periods. Despite numerous stop-gap measures from Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), the number of unplaced learners grows considerably each year. Present interventions are not fit for […]