Concourt ‘regrets’ the lack of national norms that determine when
a school is full .
Tougher sanctions might be needed to enforce the laws against corporal punishment, writes Faranaaz Veriava.
New infrastructure norms allow far too long to eliminate vast gaps between schools.
Schools are using the ambiguity of current directives to cast out their pregnant pupils.
Moves to discredit Equal Education tend to mobilise civil society rather than weaken it, writes Faranaaz Veriava.
Constitutional Court judgment clarifies the state’s obligations and role in providing subsidies.
More transparent guidance will mean less conflict centered on the governance of public schools.
The state is working to fix sanitation in Limpopo’s schools. But will it fix policy, too?
If the state really believes education is an ‘apex priority’ it needs to act, not just talk about it.
Her new infrastructure norms limit the state’s legal obligations to poor schools.