FRIDAY BRIEFING | SA\u0027s education crisis: Does the BELA Bill miss the mark?

The contentious Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, which has been years in the making, passed its first legislative hurdle last month after the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education agreed to and adopted the bill. It will now head to the National Assembly.

Some NGOs have also raised concerns about the wording of"documents" required for school admission without providing clarity on what this means. Parents or caregivers could be jailed for submitting false or misleading information. Much has been written on the country's education crisis. A recent report revealed that the country is the single biggest learning underperformer relative to GDP per capita among low and middle-income countries, performing worse than Kenya or Tanzania when it comes to education.

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Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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