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The Education Act (2011)

Ministry of Education, Zambia

An Act to regulate the provision of accessible, equitable and qualitative education and to provide for the establishment, regulation, organization, governance, management and funding of educational institutions. It also provides for the establishment of education boards and for their functions and domesticates the Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to education, repeals and replaces the Education Act, 1966, and the African Education Act, 1951.

Zambia 2011 Education

The Teaching Profession Act 2013

Ministry of Education, Zambia

An Act to establish the Teaching Council of Zambia and define its functions and powers and to provide for the regulation of teachers, their practice and professional conduct; provide for the accreditation and regulation of colleges of education

Zambia 2013 Education

The Higher Education Act 2013

Ministry of Education, Zambia

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Higher Education Authority and define its functions and powers. It provides for quality assurance and quality promotion in higher education and provides for the establishment, governance and the regulation of public higher education institutions. It also provides for the registration and regulation of private higher education institutions; repeals and replaces the University Act, 1999.

Zambia 2013 Education

National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Admission Policy For Ordinary Public Schools

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

The purpose of this policy is to provide a framework to all provincial departments of education and governing bodies of public schools for developing the admission policy of the school. The document details the age requirement for admission to ordinary public schools, which applies uniformly in all provincial departments of education and ordinary public schools.

South Africa 1996 Education

Accelerated School Infrastructure Development Initiatives (ASIDI) Disbursement, Professional and Management Fee Policy and Procedure

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy has an overall objective to determine the total project expenditure per school and the value of assets transferred to custodians. The guidelines in this document apply to the Accelerated School Infrastructure Development Initiatives (ASIDI) programme, DBE Financial Services and Asset Management and Implementing Agents.

South Africa 2016 Education

Basic Education Laws Amendment Act

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This Act is designed to amend the National Policy Act, 1996, the South African Schools Act, 1996, the Employment of Educators Act, 1998, the South African Council for Educators Act, 2000and the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001, so as to amend certain definitions and to provide for related matters.

South Africa 2011 Education

The incremental introduction of African languages in South African schools Draft Policy

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

The main aims of the policy are to promote and strengthen the use of African languages by all learners in the school system by introducing learners incrementally to learning an African language from Grade 1 to 12 to ensure that all non-African home language speakers speak an African Language, and to strengthen the use of African languages at home language level.

South Africa 2013 Education

Draft Policy: National policy for the provision and management of Learning and Teaching Support Material

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

The primary objective of this policy is to provide a systematic approach to the development, selection, procurement and utilisation of Learning and Teaching Support Material (LTSM) in South African public schools to ensure the equitable and comprehensive supply of Learning and Teaching Support Material. It aims to develop an environment that encourages and supports the production of high-quality LTSM, and ensure that an appropriate system of quality assurance is consistently applied to the selection of LTSM.

South Africa 2014 Education

National Education Information Policy

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy creates a framework that allows for the coordinated and sustainable development of education information systems. It aims to achieve two goals. The first is the goal of an education system where information systems enhance the day-to-day running of institutions and education departments, and provide better information to the public as a whole, thereby promoting accountability. The second is the goal of an education system where information systems yield increasingly valuable data and statistics needed for planning and monitoring purposes, which occurs at all levels from the individual institution to the national department of education.

South Africa 2003 Education

National Curriculum Statement

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy aims to ensure the achievement of national standards set by the revised national curriculum statement, policy guidelines for relevant and appropriate learning programmes will be developed at the national level in collaboration with provinces. These guidelines will emphasize the principle of integrated learning and the achievement of an optimal relationship between integration across learning areas and conceptual progression from grade to grade.

South Africa 2002 Education

Language in Education Policy

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This language in education policy is being developed as part of a national language plan encompassing all sectors of society, including the deaf community.

South Africa 1997 Education

Integrated School Health Policy

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy primarily targets all children and youth. It aims to provide preventive and promotive services that address the health needs of school-going children and youth with regard to both their immediate and future health; to support and facilitate learning through identifying and addressing health barriers to learning; to facilitate access to health and other services where required; to support the school community in creating a safe and secure environment for teaching and learning.

South Africa 2012 Education

Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) - policy handbook for educators

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This document details the following education policy and associations: The National Education Policy Act 1996, South African Schools Act 1996, Employment of Educators Act 1998, Further Education and Training Act, and the Education Labour Relations Council.

South Africa 2004 Education

Protocol to Deal with Incidences of Corporal Punishments in Schools

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This document highlights the abolishment of corporal punishment in schools and provides clear guidance to provinces, districts and schools on how to deal with issues of corporal punishment. The protocol aims to create a national framework to standardise the education sector’s response to corporal punishment and to facilitate implementation of the prohibition of corporal punishment throughout the education system and embed the Positive Behaviour Intervention Systems programmes – in order to empower all stakeholders to respond constructively towards learner ill-discipline.

South Africa 2017 Education

Policy on the Organisation, Roles and Responsibilities of Education Districts

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy provides a uniform nomenclature that establishes a common basis for district norms and standards across all nine provinces and provides a framework within which PEDs can provide district offices with the necessary roles, delegated authority, functions, resources and skills to enable them to perform their core functions, with additional support for districts where the educational needs are the greatest.

South Africa 2013 Education