Delays in providing pupils with safe schools is a violation of human rights

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This Human Rights Day we urge the basic education minister, the president and government departments to remember that their delaying in providing pupils with safe & dignified schools is a violation of human rights, writes Equal Education's Tracey Malawana

This education system was a collection of detrimental policies and acts, and its consequences were poorly trained teachers, limited curriculum choices, and the unequal distribution of resources and per child educational funding along racial lines.

The Constitution, which is the custodian of the rights of all in South Africa clearly states in Section 29 that: “Everyone has the right to a basic education”. But access to quality education has proven to be difficult for many, and a near impossible task for some. Our struggle is made more difficult when our right to protest is violated, and the rights of those in power are prioritised over the rights of poor black learners whose only cry is for quality education.

We’ve ensured the expansion of Gauteng school feeder zones from 5km to 30km, and that geographical and spatial transformation must be considered when determining feeder zones – addressing the effect of apartheid spatial planning on accessing quality education.

 

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