Removing school uniforms would highlight inequality, warns Motshekga Updated
Karabo Tebele
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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?
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