EC education crisis comes to Parliament
More than 100 high school learners picketed outside Parliament on Thursday last week to draw attention to education crisis in the Eastern Cape.
More than 100 high school learners picketed outside Parliament on Thursday last week to draw attention to education crisis in the Eastern Cape.
The Democratic Alliance has proposed that Parliament debate what exactly constitutes the minimum standards of the right to education.
The DA will inspect one of the seven “mud schools” in the Eastern Cape that have launched legal action against the state during a visit on Friday.
Education authorities will oppose a court challenge by impoverished schools in the Eastern Cape to improve their infrastructure.
"Mud schools" in the Eastern Cape might have to wait until 2011 before their legal application to improve their infrastructure is heard in court