South Africa proposes major language change for schools
Government plans to give itself more power around language policies at schools in South Africa – including the main language of instruction.
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Government plans to give itself more power around language policies at schools in South Africa – including the main language of instruction.
The DA is alarmed by the latest version of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill. The Bill, which was submitted to Parliament in December last year, is set to carry out a coup against the parents and children of South Africa by usurping the powers of school governing bodies to determine the admissions and language policies of schools in their communities, and by enhancing the powers of ANC cadres to merge and to rename merged schools. By robbing governing bodies of these powers, the Department of Basic Education plans to centralise control over public schools not in the hands of the communit...
The Department of Basic Education has provided a breakdown of its draft Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) bill, and the changes it will introduce at schools…
The Department of Basic Education has tabled the draft Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill in parliament.
Angie Motshekga recently published amendments to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill of 2021 in the government gazette.