In a previous entry, Talita Mshweshwe, shared the story of Siyabonga, who attends school in what is known as a “mud school”. There are approximately 300 mud schools in the Eastern Cape, although the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is not exactly sure how many there are. It is concerning that the DBE has still […]
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The Mud Schools of the Eastern Cape
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Jan
Jan
Talita Mshweshwe is a law student from East London doing an internship at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC). She interviewed a young girl named Siyabonga, a grade 7 pupil at Ncincinikwe Senior Primary School in Votini in the Eastern Cape. Ncincinikwe Senior Primary School is one of approximately 300 mud schools in the province. This […]
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Nov
Nov
Note: This post was first published on the Oxford Human Rights Hub. South Africa’s Legal Resources Centre (LRC) launched a new book – Ready to Learn? A Legal Resource for Realising the Right to Education – on 25 October at the Open Society Foundations in New York City (see press release here). In this post, […]
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Jun
Jun
On Thursday 6 January, the Eastern Cape High Court ordered the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to employ 108 temporary teachers on a permanent basis and remunerate them from the day they assumed duty. The DBE was given until 30 June to do this. The teachers are from 17 Eastern Cape schools and were represented […]