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Motshekga addresses issue of pricey school uniforms Having a uniform is the best equaliser and it helps the sector identify learners and manage their movements. Source Monday, 01 March 2021, 15:48 Having a uniform is the best equaliser and it helps the sector identify learners and manage their movements.
NATIONAL NEWS - Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has spoken frankly about the ongoing struggle with the price of school uniforms as parents battle to make ends meet.
“This is very close to my heart and I think anybody who comes from a poor background - like ourselves - or a township will tell you the value of a school uniform,” she said.
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Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga has spoken frankly about the ongoing struggle with the price of school uniforms, as parents battle to make ends meet.
“This is very close to my heart and I think anybody who comes from a poor background – like ourselves – or a township will tell you the value of a school uniform,” she said.
Motshekga announced that following years of investigations into complaints received from parents who were forced to buy school uniforms from exclusively-selected suppliers, the Competition Commission and School Governing Body Associations will finally sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday.
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THERE were mixed emotions when grade R pupils started their first day of school this morning.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga visited a number of schools in Tshwane and pleaded with pupils to do their best this year.
While addressing pupils at Prosperitus High School in Eersterust, the minister said pupils were the future of the country.
“You all have the potential to pass. Don’t throw away your future,” she said.