Education MEC announced a new body to monitor schools

By Mandisi Tyulu
20 June 2009

The new Western Cape Education MEC Donald Grant announced plans for the establishment of an education council in the province.

The council will oversee the governance of education and will provide assistance to the department on various education matters.

The MEC made the announcement on Friday when he discussed the department’s R10bn budget in the Provincial Legislature.

Grant said the initiative is aimed at school safety as well as improving literacy and numeracy levels as well as teacher development were made a priority on the budget.

Grant added that they wanted to ensure that every child has access to quality education in the province.

“We are not going to be a top down ivory tower driven administration, we’re going to be hands on and value driven at a classroom level because that’s where we think we need to make a difference.”