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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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