No school fees? Then no matric dance!
Some schools are trying to stop learners going to the dance because their parents haven’t paid school fees. This is illegal
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Some schools are trying to stop learners going to the dance because their parents haven’t paid school fees. This is illegal
Many schools have threatened to prevent pupils from attending their matric dance as a way to compel parents to pay school fees. But the law does not allow this, write Tasreeq Ferreira and Anathi Canham.
The matric dance is part of a school’s activities and by law, learners should not be excluded from participating on the basis of non-payment of school fees.