Western Cape moves to establish school evaluation authority
Western Cape premier Helen Zille has signed proclamations for the establishment of a new schools’ evaluation authority and its enabling regulations, breathing life into a key aspect of the province’s controversial new education reforms. SA’s biggest teacher union, the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu), has launched a legal challenge against the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act, which was signed into law in November 2018. Zille’s proclamations, signed on April 11, bring into effect the act’s provisions for the establishment of the Western Cape Schools Evaluation Authority and the regulations that detail schools’ appointment process of key staff, their governance structure, and operations. “The intention of this authority is to assess the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom, and the general functionality of a school,” said Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schäfer. “The reports will be published, once finalised, for the public to see, in line with our com...
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