Faranaaz Veriava

human rights advocate @ SECTION27, mother & partner. Tweet in my own capacity. Faranaaz Veriava has over 386 followers on Twitter.

It’s best to teach pupils by the book

Article Faranaaz Veriava - 23 Nov 2015

Textbooks are essential when there's no culture of reading and teachers lack content knowledge.

Private schools do not stand apart

Article Faranaaz Veriava - 20 Feb 2015

Make no mistake: the autonomy of such institutions does not trump the Constitution.

Public participation in education under threat

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 23 Jan 2015

Motshekga’s reported plans to make it easier to close schools could jeopardise pupils’ rights.

Learning to live in a material world

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 23 Oct 2014

Expecting every pupil to receive a textbook isn’t prima-donna behaviour: universal access is vital.

Every class should have a teacher

Article Faranaaz Veriava - 12 Sep 2014

A political commitment is needed to resolve the teacher shortage in many schools.

Refugee children win right to learn

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 4 Jul 2014

But debilitating education hurdles remain for many foreign children in legal limbo.

A textbook case for stronger action

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 2 Jun 2014

The recent Limpopo textbook judgment could have been more helpful on the question of relief for the violation of rights.

The state must do textbooks by the book

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 17 Apr 2014

Have lessons from the 2012 textbook crisis led to reforms that will ensure it can't recur?

Our courts are schooling the state

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 14 Mar 2014

With prompting from civil society, judges are reminding the state of its material obligations to schools and pupils.

Schools left in an intolerable infrastructure limbo

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 21 Feb 2014

Priority rescues must be planned for schools where pupils' safety and health are now at risk.

Pupils come before school politics

Article Faranaaz Veriava & Comment Author - 14 Nov 2013

Concourt ‘regrets’ the lack of national norms that determine when  a school is full .

Bad teachers still reach for the rod

Article Faranaaz Veriava - 11 Oct 2013

Tougher sanctions might be needed to enforce the laws against corporal punishment, writes Faranaaz Veriava.

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