The Department of Basic Education has proposed BELA-regulations that threaten the democratic governance of public schools and risk undermining parents’ and communities’ roles in shaping education. Key provisions in these draft regulations hand sweeping powers to the Head of Department (HoD), allowing them to override School Governing Bodies (SGBs) and reshape feeder zones and language policies without adequate transparency or accountability.
These regulations do not sufficiently manage those clauses of the BELA-Act that most succinctly threaten community needs and those that might in future undermine the constitutional principle of cooperative governance. This is your chance to push back and protect your school’s voice.
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