Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade has warned schools against withholding results or report cards, saying this is against the law. Several schools in the province are holding back results for various reasons, mainly inability to pay school fees and loss of textbooks. In some instances, schools go as far as blocking transfer certificates.
But it is illegal, according to the South African Schools Act. The department cautioned school principals that withholding academic reports would not be tolerated. Reports should be issued upon quality assurance and approval of the schedule by circuit managers.
“It is mandatory to share learner results,” he said. “Let us always conduct ourselves with integrity and serve our learners’ best interests.” Reacting to the post, concerned parents told Gade that schools remained defiant. The pupil’s parents had died without seeing their wish of the child studying further at tertiary level.
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