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Removing school uniforms would highlight inequality, warns Motshekga Updated
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has warned that the removal of school uniforms would only serve to highlight inequality among pupils.
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Motshekga made the remarks during the launch of the school governing body (SGB) elections at Abram Hlophe Primary School in Katlehong on Monday.
I think anybody who comes from a poor background like ourselves, or from a township, they will tell you the value of school uniform.
Every year I have to be answering a question from people saying do away with school uniform and I ask them what should be in a place of a uniform?
Come back: Lesufi appeals to 3,000 pupils who haven t returned to school Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed concern saying he had sent out officials to investigate why the pupils were not at school. MEC Panyaza Lesufi speaking at the Abram Hlophe Primary School in Katlehong on Monday, 15 February 2021. Picture: @Steve Mabona/Twitter.
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JOHANNESBURG - Nearly 3,000 Gauteng pupils have failed to return to school since the start of the coronavirus.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed concern on Monday, saying he had sent out officials to investigate why the pupils were not at school.
#Back2SchoolGP2021 The Gauteng Education Department is opening a new brand new state of the art school, Abram Hlophe Primary School in Katlehong on the Eastrand. Premier David Makhura, MEC Panyaza Lesufi, MEC Tasneem Motara and Mayor Mzwandile Masina are here. TK pic.twitte