EDUCATION-SASOLBURG (016)-DISTRICT OFFICE

To provide a uniform system for the organisation, governance and funding of schools. It promotes access, quality and democratic governance in the schooling system. It ensures that all learners have right of access to quality education without discrimination, and makes schooling compulsory for children aged seven (7) to fifteen (15) years or the ninth (9th ) grade or whichever occurs first. It provides for two types of schools – independent schools and public schools. The provision in the Act for democratic school governance through School Governing Bodies (SGB) is now in place in all public schools countrywide. The school funding norms, outlined in SASA, prioritise redress and target poverty with regard to the allocation of funds for the public schooling system.