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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

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

Protocol for the management and reporting of Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Schools

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This protocol provides a guide to the management and reporting of sexual abuse, ensuring an appropriate and timely response to cases of sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated against learners and school staff. It responds to the need for a standardised response to allegations by learners and school staff of incidents of sexual abuse and harassment, whether they are perpetrated by learners, educators or by other persons and covers anyone employed at a South African school.

South Africa 2018 Education

Policy on HIV, STIs and TB for Learners, Educators, School Support Staff and Officials in all Primary and Secondary Schools in Basic Education Sector

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy presents a new vision for the sector, to drive the response on HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) as well as tuberculosis. It presents the sector’s contribution towards the National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB for South Africa, 2017-2022 (the NSP). The policy document replaces the 1999 Department of Education National Policy on HIV/AIDS for learners and educators in public schools and students and educators in further education and training institutions.

South Africa 2017 Education

Constitution of the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) Resolution No.6 of 2000

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

The document provides details o the Education Labour Relations Council. The council aims to maintain and promote labour peace in education; prevent and resolve labour disputes in education; conclude and enforce collective agreements, and consider and deal with other matters that may affect the interest of the parties.

South Africa 2000 Education

National Policy on Whole School Evaluation

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

The national policy on whole-school evaluation has been designed to ensure that school evaluation is carried out according to an agreed national model. It sets out the legal basis for school evaluation, its purposes, what is to be evaluated and who can carry out evaluations. It also provides guidance on how evaluation should be conducted. The policy indicates ways in which very good schools should be recognized and under-performing schools supported.

South Africa 2001 Education

National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy framework for teacher education and development of South Africa is designed to equip a teaching profession to meet the needs of South Africa in the 21st century. It aims to provide an overall strategy for the successful recruitment, retention, and professional development of teachers.

South Africa 2007 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

Regulations Pertaining to the Conduct, Administration and Management of The National Senior Certificate Examination

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

These regulations apply to both public and independent assessment bodies assessing and examining the National Curriculum Statement Grades R- 12. It regulates and controls the administration, management and conduct of the National Senior Certificate examination and assessment process. It provides requirements for school-based assessment, practical assessment tasks and language oral assessment.

South Africa 2014 Education

A Résumé of Subjects for the Senior Certificate, Report 550 (2017/08)

National Department of Basic Education, South Africa

This policy document stipulates the following: programme requirements, conditions for the awarding of the senior certificate, as amended; and rules of combination for the awarding of the senior certificate, as amended. The senior certificate, as amended, seeks to provide adult candidates with an opportunity to obtain a qualification that will allow them to participate in economic, social and political activities, and provide candidates with an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills.

South Africa 2007 Education