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60% of children who begin Grade 1 do not complete matric 12 years later May 30th, 2016 Children in Vuwani may have to repeat the academic year after 24 schools were burned and a total of 102 schools affected by protests in the area. Children in Manenberg are unable to attend school because of gang violence. Children in Ennerdale are unable to attend school due to service delivery protests. These are legitimate news headlines in the first half of 2016. Are these the only factors undermining education in South Africa? Every day the right to education of thousands of children is violated. 60% of learners who enter Grade 1 do not matriculate 12 years later. They drop out of school without any qualification. The Department of Basic Education admits that…

  This year’s school enrolment process has been even more streamlined than in previous years. Click Here to see the WCED guide to enrolment for 2017. As you will see, the advised period is now closed.  We are aware that some parents may be uncertain about how to proceed and are needing guidance.   The Way Forward Some schools are still taking applications & parents should be encouraged to try to enrol at a number of schools (at least three). Learners who apply to schools are then loaded onto the WCED CEMIS (CENTRAL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM) system to facilitate tracking. Schools are expected to communicate the outcome to applicants by June 24th.,If schools decline to place children on a waiting list, parents should be advised to report to the…

South Africa: Crisis for Children with Disabilities Parliament Should Act Urgently to Mandate Inclusive Education  (Johannesburg, March 13, 2016) -- Parliament should urgently address the crisis in inclusive education affecting children with disabilities, Inclusive Education South Africa, SECTION27, Human Rights Watch and the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape said today. The groups were responding to President Jacob Zuma’s statement at the national Disability Rights Summit on March 10, 2016, and statements by the Department of Basic Education on March 8.  “The 600,000 children with disabilities in South Africa who remain out-of-school are indeed being left behind,” said Robyn Beere of Inclusive Education South Africa, recalling Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s “No child left behind” theme and quoting the statistics the department presented to a parliamentary committee on…

An excellent article by Prof. Maureen Robertson on making school a happy place for children  

CLICK HERE for the Nomination Form! Inclusive Education South Africa (IESA) is proud to present the 5th Annual Inclusive Education Recognition Event to recognize the contributions made by individual Educators as well as Whole Schools and ECD Centres towards promoting Inclusive Education practices in South Africa. We are extremely proud to continue to host this event annually, especially it coincides this year with IESA’s 20th anniversary. South African classrooms reflect diversity, with children from different cultures, languages and socio economic backgrounds. We continue to strive to honour Educators who, despite many and varied obstacles, have embraced inclusion and developed innovative ways of accommodating a wide diversity of learners in their classrooms. CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION  Inclusive Education means that local schools and ECD Centres actively welcome and support learners with diverse…