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  27 November 2023 Equal Education media alert: Equal Education in the Eastern Cape to march to the Eastern Cape Department of Education offices to demand accountability for the unmet deadlines in the Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure  #FixOurSchools Tomorrow, 28 November 2023, Equal Education (EE) members in the Eastern Cape will march…

As the nation searches for leadership, an unexpected name is whispered – Siya Kolisi, the rugby captain, for President.

Public schools, including former Model C schools, are reeling after the education department indicated it would be withholding 33.7% of their budgets for next year.

Thousands of children in South Africas poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says one of the important questions the education sector has to grapple with is that of decolonisation.

In recent months, the Dispatch has revealed the bitter struggles faced by many Eastern Cape schoolchildren on their path to education. From inadequate transport to failing infrastructure, the children of our province face an uphill battle to achieve what is, in many cases, their only hope of ever elevating themselves and their families from abject poverty.

Thousands of children in South Africas poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.

Thousands of children in South Africas poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.

The Eastern Cape has the most state schools with inappropriate classrooms, buildings and other infrastructure, according to Equal Education. The basic education watchdog released its long-awaited research report on school infrastructure on Monday.

Equal Education report underlines how infrastructure and physical conditions at schools play fundamental role in quality of teaching and learning.