Question NW2671 to the Minister of Basic Education
28 September 2017 - NW2671
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to her letter to the South African Human Rights Commission on 21 September 2016, in which she stated that she had requested information from the provincial education departments regarding the allegations that the South African Democratic Teachers Union had used children as part of their protest actions, has she received responses from the specified departments; if not, why not; if so, what was the response of each department?
Reply:
The Department of Basic Education received responses from the Provincial Education Department denying the allegations. Most of the protests in which learners are prevented from going to school are service delivery protests.