‘There’s no attack on Afrikaans’: Motshekga says BELA Bill gives every child access to education

It also states that the “head of department, after consultation with the governing body of the school, has the final authority to admit a learner to a public school”.Motshekga said the Bill is meant for the “protection of every child to have access to education” and is not an attack on Afrikaans.

“You can’t have a situation where you say government has to give full access to schooling as law, and then say there is a governing body that has the right to say who gets admitted or not.”laws at the dawn of democracy. During that time, Motshekga said compromises were made with schools about how they ran them and what language they used.“We’ve had situations where black kids cannot go to a school in front of their gate because powers have been given to governing bodies.

said when she tries to intervene and get a child admitted to a particular school, governing bodies say she is breaking the law and take her to court. ALSO READ: ‘Sexual violence cases not reported’ – Schools becoming haven for teachers to molest pupilsThe DA has previously said its concerns about the BELA Bill have been ignored. It also said its questions about “the wording of clauses, the impact of clauses on schools and communities, and the feasibility of the planned centralisation remain unanswered”.

“The BELA Bill still disempowers school governing bodies from determining their own admission and language policies and places final authority in the hands of the heads of provincial departments, making them both players and referees who could abuse this power to further destroy quality education,” said DA MP Baxolile Nodada.overcrowded classrooms, dangerous infrastructure and the quality of teaching.

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