Over the years, the South African government has failed to close the gap between rural and urban schools, opting instead to prioritise placing black students into urban schools, which, in turn, has led to education becoming an expensive commodity, writes Calvin Matlou and Siseko Maposa.
“We must learn to live with the pandemic because if we do not we will not have an education system in the country,” said Matakanye Matakanye of the National Association of School Governing Bodies.
Reitumetse Makwea According to irate parents, during the elections, some members were elected to serve as SGB members in multiple schools. Parents told The Citizen they had been hoping for free and fair elections, but were let down again by the electoral team, the school district and the Gauteng education department. Photo for illustration: iStock
Angry parents and members of the scattered school governing body (SGB) at Eden Park Secondary School are calling on the National Association of School Governing Bodies to investigate the “illegal, irregular and nontransparent” elections held earlier this year.
The parents told
The Citizen they had been hoping for free and fair elections, but were let down again by the electoral team, the school district and the Gauteng education department.
The department needs buy-in from national schools’ association, which fears that quality might be compromised 12 May 2021 - 19:58
The Gauteng education department believes its employment equity targets favouring the appointment of more women as principals and more African and Indian men as deputy principals will be achieved if governing bodies cooperate.
This comes amid concerns by the National Association of School Governing Bodies (NASGB) that the quality of principal appointments will be compromised if governing bodies favour only women.
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