Education law experts propose regulation changes to tackle South Africa’s dysfunctional schools.
The Equal Education Law Centre says school governing bodies should have the power to hold underperforming schools accountable.
Parents be supplied with information to allow them to hold the school to account in the form of expanded reports detailing the functioning of the school; To achieve a more competent education system, the EELC called for the broadening and clarification of legislation in the form of new sections to the Schools Act as well as the setting out of norms and standards that give detail on the identification of schools in need of support and appropriate remedial interventions.
Current legislation requires a HOD to identify underperforming schools and take all reasonable steps to assist in the problem.
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