HoDs have the last say on whether to admit your child to a school as several BELA Bill clauses get the nod

The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education announced that it had adopted proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act.The Portfolio Committee of Basic Education has adopted a proposed amendment giving heads of department the final authority on the admission of a pupil to a public school.the South African Schools Act and Educators Employment Act.

This after the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education announced that it had adopted proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act , 84 of 1996 and the Educators Employment Act, 76 of 1998. Committee chairperson Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba said the adoption of the proposed amendments brought the Bill, which has been more than 20 years in the making, a step closer to being enacted.

In addition, she said:"The proposed amendment dealing with members of a SGB who must disclose on an annual basis their financial interests and the financial interests of their spouses, partners and immediate family members also did not garner the support and was deemed too onerous a task."

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