The Bela Act aims to promote a more inclusive education system in South Africa, addressing concerns that have long been fueled by misinformation. This act is about children and their future, challenging the notion that diversity is a negative concept. Opposition to the act is seen as politically motivated, aiming to instill fear among minority communities regarding the majority's influence. However, critics of the act often overlook the fact that the battle for inclusive access to education has already been largely won.
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.The Bela Act is about the children, and the better future that can await them when their parents stop regarding “diversity” as a swear word.
It is not the Bela Act that determines the authority of provincial education departments to intervene in school admission and language decisions; that determination has already been made by the constitutional court. The inclusion of these criteria should be welcomed because they eliminate the opportunity for personal or group biases to influence public power or resource allocation. They also specifically mitigate against malfeasant decisions being imposed on schools by, for instance, those with an agenda to destroy the Afrikaans language.
If governing bodies feel that despite complying with the criteria their decisions have been unjustly overruled by provincial heads of department they’d still have the option of seeking protection from the courts. Bela thus clearly limits the powers of heads of department to change languages of instruction, or to remove Afrikaans, and only affords them the power to add an additional language of instruction after having considered prescribed factors and ensured the provision of necessary resources.
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