The Gauteng Department of Education urges all parents to take charge
of their children’s education by actively participating in the 2015 SGB
Elections taking place from 6 - 28 March.
This is an opportunity for all parents to
have a say on who is elected in the School Governing Body (SGB) of their
children’s school and possibly stand for nomination as well.
School
Governing Bodies are tasked with ensuring that schools are run efficiently.
Their functions include, maintaining school infrastructure; determining the
language policy and sport codes of schools; learner discipline; recruitment and
recommendation of appropriately qualified personnel; determining school fees at
fee paying schools. “School Governing Bodies are an expression of our firm
belief, that education is a societal responsibility”, said the MEC for education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi.
There
are over 2100 schools participating in the School Governing Body elections this
year. The outgoing members of the SGB started in 2012 and for the last three
years, they have been actively engaged in managing schools as SGB members. By
the time the election process is completed on 28 March, there will be well over
24 000 newly elected SGB members.
A
total of 47 Provincial observers and 47 Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
monitors from Head Office, will oversee the election process to ensure that it
runs freely and fairly. There are also 500 volunteers across the province
tasked with mobilizing the community to take part in the 2015 SGB Election
campaign. These are the 3rd biggest elections after the National General and
Local Government Elections.
Lesufi encouraged parents to take part in the elections “The Gauteng Provincial
Government has undertaken to radically transform and modernise the education
system. This is a clarion call to all parents to take interest and have a say in
how this process unfolds. I encourage parents to join hands with the Gauteng
Provincial Government by taking an ardent interest in issues."
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