By Simon Nare
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane and Cosatu have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to disregard the noise and threats around the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill and sign it into law on Friday as planned.
Chiloane and the federation both hailed the bill on Thursday, saying it would strengthen and improve the education sector, and accused some organisations who were opposed to it of spreading lies about the proposed law.
“The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) welcomes the Bill as it will empower the head of department (HOD) to make critical decisions regarding school admissions and language policies.
“This is crucial in assisting the department to manage school admissions effectively and address resistance from certain school governing bodies (SGB) that oppose transformation,” said Chiloane.
Cosatu said that the Bill, which would become law when Ramaphosa signed it, contained long overdue progressive provisions that would help protect the rights of learners to dignity and protection.
“It is a tragedy that in the course of the public debate some have chosen to deliberately distort some of its provisions and others have simply decided to fabricate things which are actually not
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