Renewed calls were made this week for policy certainty on undocumented children in South African schools as intimidation against them and school principals continues.
, Sindi Moyo, said the situation was getting more difficult for these pupils. She said the institute had received reports of at least three principals who were fined by the“We need urgent solutions and we need to move fast because the numbers are growing.”told Parlybeat: “You cannot use emotion when applying the law. The law is the law and it states that every foreign national in the country must be documented.
Some civil society organisations feared this would exacerbate the vulnerability of these children, given existing challenges with their status. “The department wants to punish undocumented parents but they’re actually just punishing the children.” “So, we need more awareness and engagement between school governing bodies, the departments of education and home affairs. Even saying that schools should provisionally enrol these learners pending the application process, is problematic. It often takes much longer than three months to get documents.”
Yet, according to Mokgola, a child who was illegally in the country must be treated in terms of the law. “The onus is on the parents or caregivers to make sure they are in the country legally so that the child can be documented.”Spokesperson for the department of basic education,, said he was not aware of cases of intimidation, but it was possible that these cases were reported to provincial departments.
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