Western Cape premier Helen Zille has signed proclamations for the establishment of a new schools’ evaluation authority and its enabling regulations, breathing life into a key aspect of the province’s controversial new education reforms.
Zille’s proclamations, signed on April 11, bring into effect the act’s provisions for the establishment of the Western Cape Schools Evaluation Authority and the regulations that detail schools’ appointment process of key staff, their governance structure, and operations. The Western Cape education department will oppose Sadtu’s legal challenge to the act, she said. “We believe this legislation is not only within our constitutional powers, but it is in the best interests of the learners, who are our primary concern.”
I hope this gets implemented. Tackling inequality at the source.