Equal Education says mid-term budget will entrench inequality

The advocacy group said despite highlighting infrastructure as one of its main pillars, the policy statement offered little in terms of commitments to fixing sc

Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Equal Education has criticised last week’s medium term budget policy statement for what it said was a failure to provide adequate funding to the education sector.

Analysts said the policy statement showed Godongwana is keen to stick to the same path of fiscal discipline trod by his predecessors, and that the lingering effects of those earlier austerity policies were shaping current fiscal strategies, potentially limiting options for economic growth and social spending.

“This year’s offered no relief. After the signing of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, the school system needs to accommodate at least 250,000 additional grade R learners next year, but no additional funding has been provided.”Equal Education said the medium term budget highlighted infrastructure as one of its main pillars but offered little in the way of commitments to fixing school infrastructure backlogs.

The Western Cape government has said it will have to reduce the number of teachers in the province by 2,407 next year, because of budgetary constraints, prompting an outcry from teacher unions.

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