Taking disciplinary action against a learner – Legal Fundi

Chapter 15

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Government policy on admissions

Problem 2: Learners are refused admission to a school because of unpaid school fees

Problem 1: Parents cannot afford to pay school fees

Applying to go to a University or TVET college

UNIVERSITIES AND TVET COLLEGES

TRANSPORT IN SCHOOLS

Draft policy on the introduction of African languages in schools

Child Protection Register and Sexual Offenders Register

Reporting sexual harassment if a victim is a staff member

Reporting sexual harassment if a victim is a learner

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE IN SCHOOLS

Taking disciplinary action against an educator for misusing disciplinary measures

Taking disciplinary action against a learner

Kinds of punishment

Process for admission to a public school

Prefects and Representative Councils of Learners (RCLS)

Documents that learners should produce to be admitted to a public school

Refusing to admit a learner to a school

Appeal against a refusal to admit a learner to a school

No-fee and fee-charging schools

Exemptions from school fees

PROBLEMS FOR EDUCATION

LANGUAGE IN SCHOOLS

DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS

EDUCATORS AND DOING BUSINESS WITH THE STATE

ADMISSION OF LEARNERS TO SCHOOLS

Disclosures of members of SGBs

Additional powers that can be given to SGBs

Building capacity for SGB members

The Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (BELA) – Impact on SGBs

Responsibilities of SGBs

Rules guiding SGBs

Who sits on a SGB?

Functions of SGBs

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES (SGBs)

TYPES OF SCHOOLS

INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION

Taking disciplinary action against a learner

Where a learner has been told to appear in a disciplinary hearing for any misconduct identified in the Code of Conduct, they must be accompanied by a parent or person designated by the parent at the disciplinary proceedings, unless the SGB can give good reasons for continuing without the parent.

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