BELA Bill will address issues such as admissions to schools: Motshekga

The Department Basic Education has welcomed the adoption of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill by the Portfolio Committee.

Earlier last week, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education adopted the Bill and will now present it to the National Assembly.for almost ten years. She says it is not a curriculum Bill, but a Bill for management and administration of the system. “The aim of the Bill is to bring certain technical and substantive adjustments to the South Africa Act and the Employment Educational Act. The Bill also seeks to clarify certain existing provisions and to insert certain provisions to cover matters which are not provided for in the existing legislation and some of the amendments came about as a result of court cases as in issues of admission where we been losing cases.

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