SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS
Education bill ‘will drive change’
The Draft Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill has been criticised for limiting the powers of school governing bodies
Proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act and the Employment of Educators Act would drive transformation and were in line with the National Development Plan. The Draft Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill has been criticised for limiting the powers of school governing bodies in appointing school heads of departments, principals and their deputies. The bill also proposes handing control to the department in determining a school’s language policy. Defending the controversial bill during a briefing of Parliament’s basic education portfolio committee on Tuesday, the department’s acting chief director for legal and legislative services, Chris Leukes, said that the proposed amendment limiting the powers of school governing bodies was perhaps the most important. "It limits the power of a governing body in regard to the appointment of educators. In terms of this amendment, a governing body may recommend to the HoD [head of department] the appointment of only post-level one educato...
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