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22 February 2022 Media statement: Equal Education calls on National Treasury to stop cuts to the basic education budget, so that all learners can return to school safely! When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his first budget speech tomorrow, 23 February 2022, he must ensure that enough money is given to education. Equal Education (EE)…

Equal Education said the future of South Africa remained bleak unless teaching and learning was restored.

ET Thabane Primary in the Eastern Cape, with close to 2 000 pupils, needs more mobile classrooms in order to comply with physical distancing measures. Photo: Groundup/ Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. The national education department as well as the Eastern Cape education department have not shown the consistent political will to ensure that schools in the province are fixed with the urgency needed, writes  Elizabeth Biney, Hopolang Selebalo and Jane Borman. At Tantseka Primary School in Mthatha, over 200 pupils have been relieving themselves in the open air. At Masizame Junio...