Textbooks
EC Education Dept admits some schools without textbooks
It emerged this week, during political oversight visits, that schools in the Mbizana District are still waiting for more than 800,000 books.
It emerged this week that the schools in the Mbizana District are still waiting for more than 800,000 books.
Parliament says the Basic Education Department is under-reporting challenges in many schools countrywide.
The department says boxes of books that remain uncollected at UJ are supplementary work books.
The Supreme Court of Appeal says every pupil in Limpopo should receive all the textbooks they need.
Section 27 will battle it out in court with the Basic Education Department over access to textbooks for Limpopo pupils. This is the 5th time that these two parties have met in court.
Basic Education Dept says this will help to avoid all textbook related issues in Limpopo.
Officials briefed Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its readiness for next year.
This comes after a protest by over 200 learners in front of the department's head offices.
The group of over 200 learners claim they don’t have school textbooks.
Govt wants the Constitutional Court to overturn a finding that it violated pupils’ rights to education.
The commission concluded its year-long investigation into learning material shortages in schools.
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria handed down its judgment on Tuesday.
More than 150,000 books have not been delivered to 39 Limpopo schools.
Education Department's Elijah Mhlanga says shortages have not affected teaching.
The discovery was made at a former teacher training college in the Sekhukhune district.
It's the third time an NGO has taken the Limpopo Education Department to court.
The W. Cape Education Department has spent over R331m on textbooks and teacher’s guides for 2014.
Officials say the process is 72 percent complete in Limpopo.