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Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: adoption; with Deputy Minister
26 Sep 2023
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education considered and later adopted the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. The Bill proposes to amend the South African Schools Act (SASA) of 1996 as well as the Employment of Educators Act (EEA) of ...
Basic Education
2023 Examinations-Readiness: DBE & Umalusi briefing; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Sep 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive an updated status report from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Umalusi on learners' examination readiness in 2023. The DBE acknowledged the examination irregularities within the past year and the errors in some of the past examinations, but ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill national report on submissions & proposed amendments
12 Sep 2023
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
he Portfolio Committee intended to address the missing submissions on the Basic Education Law Amendment (BELA) Bill. However, the Committee had received the document only at 6 pm the previous night, leading to a lack of enthusiasm by most Committee members ...
Basic Education
Inclusive Education: DBE briefing
5 Sep 2023
The Committee received a progress report from the Department of Basic Education on the implementation of Inclusive Education.
The Department reported that since 2001, South Africa has been developing an inclusive education schooling system from a White Paper, which only articulates Policy Aspirations rather than imperatives, thus limiting the ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: legal opinion
29 Aug 2023
Tracking the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee for Basic Education met to deliberate the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill in Parliament. The Committee also received a legal opinion briefing covering the processing of the BELA Bill.
The legal opinion raised issues with the public ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: deliberations; motion of desirability
17 Aug 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education concluded its deliberations on the Basic Education Law Amendment Bill (BELA).
Members commenced with their deliberations the previous day; this was after engaging in an extensive public participation process which saw Members travelling to all nine provinces to hold ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister
16 Aug 2023
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor advised the Committee on the process for making amendments to sections of the South African Schools Act (SASA) that were not included in the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill such as to sections 16 and 16A dealing with functions and responsibilities ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: national hearings report; financial implications; deliberations
15 Aug 2023
Tracking the BELA Bill
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Report on the National Public Hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. The DA and ACDP requested the inclusion of briefings on the constitutional muster of the BELA Bill by Parliament's Constitutional and Legal ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: National Public Hearings Report; with Deputy Minister
8 Aug 2023
The Committee proposed that the consideration and adoption of the National Public Hearings Report on the Basic Education Law Amendment (BELA) Bill be postponed as the Committee had received the report late. Other Committee members suggested that the report be presented and clarity-seeking questions. Then consideration and adoption of ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Northern & Eastern Cape Public Hearings Reports
1 Aug 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the two Provincial Public Hearings Reports on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill).
In the Northern Cape Province, the public participation comments were summarized and presented by the Committee Content Advisor. Held across three municipalities from 2 to ...