Western Cape MEC of Education Donald Grant calls on public to participate in school closure process
17 Jul 2012
The aim of the closures is to improve opportunities for learners by placing them in schools that are better equipped to provide quality education.
Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to apply my mind to all the representations made to me by the governing bodies of the 27 schools that are being considered for possible closure at the end of this year.
The school governing body is the legal representative of each public school in South Africa and it is therefore appropriate that their views on the future of the school which they represent are heard first and are taken with the utmost seriousness.
I have read all of the submissions presented to me, carefully reviewed their contents, weighed up all arguments presented and have made a decision in each case on whether to proceed to the next step in the prescribed school closure process, namely the public hearing phase.