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July 6, 2020 / IESA Periodical, Newsblog

Inclusion in Education – Perspectives on Inclusive Education in South Africa (Volume 3) July 2020

IESA is proud to announce that it launches the third version of its periodical: Inclusion In Education – Perspectives on...
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February 17, 2020 / Newsblog

IESA Parent Workshop 8th February 2020

IESA had it's first Parent Workshop for 2020, which was attended by 120 parents and educators. The aim of this...
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October 31, 2019 / Newsblog

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION PRESENTATION

Provincial Infrastructure Programme ASIDI & SAFE 1 PURPOSE: To present a progress report on Infrastructure planning and  delivery as well...
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February 19, 2019 / Newsblog

School Enrolment 2020

Applications for school enrolment are now open.  We are very aware that this is often a time filled with much...
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February 12, 2019 / Newsblog

Management of Accommodations for Learners who experience Barriers to Assessment and Learning

When you have handed out the standard assessment to a learner at exam/test time, have you ever felt that there...
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November 16, 2018 / Newsblog

Barriers to Learning Are Not Limited to Disability

Senzo's Story - A barrier is not only defined by disability “A barrier to learning is anything that stands in...
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November 13, 2018 / Newsblog

Inclusive Education South Africa Celebrates #GivingTuesdaySA

#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organisations to encourage philanthropy...
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September 25, 2018 / Newsblog

IESA Celebrates Heritage Day 2018

Today, IESA Gauteng and Western Cape branches celebrated heritage day 2018. Staff members were asked to come dressed in traditional...
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July 24, 2018 / Newsblog

Should We Teach Race and Culture in Early Childhood Development

On the 17th July we had the opportunity to discuss teaching race and culture in the early stages of childhood...
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July 18, 2018 / Newsblog

“If they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.”

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and...
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March 15, 2018 / Press Releases

GENEVA – ABILITY ACTIVISTS TELL UN COMMITTEE ABOUT CRISIS IN EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Today, five members of the Right to Education for Children with Disabilities Alliance (R2ECWD) took our fight for access to...
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June 29, 2017 / Press Releases

Report on 2016 performance of Deaf learners in schools for the Deaf in South Africa

A report has just been released on the performance of Deaf learners in schools based on the 2016 Matric Results...
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May 30, 2017 / Press Releases

IESA / R2ECWD RESPONSE TO DBE PRESENTATION, ON PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION SCHEDULED FOR 30 MAY 2017

Cape Town, 30 May 2017 In its March 2016 report to the Portfolio Committee, the Department of Basic Education acknowledged...
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March 21, 2017 / Press Releases

Children with Disabilities In Dire Straights

Cape Town, 21 March 2017. Over 597 000 South African children with disabilities did not attend school in 2015, almost double...
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March 20, 2017 / Press Releases

UNCRPD Report 2017

The following report was prepared by a range of high-level advocacy groups in the South African inclusive education and disability rights arena,...
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