The South African Muslim Network has been calling on all parents to attend and take part in the current round of SGB elections, running through March and April 2024.
Our educators, school governing bodies and community leaders are under immense pressure dealing with complex questions about how and what our children are taught.
The interpretation and application of laws and rules in public schools could, if abused, turn our multiracial, multicultural and multireligious schools from being inclusive of all into being directive and prescriptive — if we do not participate in the process.
The report below is an example of how rights enshrined in our Constitution, through bodies meant to facilitate a harmonious society, could be misappropriated by any group to enforce values that contradict the beliefs and obligations of multiple others — religious or cultural.
While we have a crisis in our education system, have we really unpacked what non-gendered uniforms is meant to achieve — whether it is meant to include a minority, or to direct the majority?
Mixed reaction to SAHRC ruling on non-gendered school uniforms — The Witness, 8 March 2024. Teacher union Naptosa is reported as saying the matter has been blown out of proportion.
The Point Is Participation
Attend the SGB elections, and vote for candidates who are capable and competent to represent the values you share. Decisions of this kind are taken in rooms that parents are entitled to be in, and too often are not.
How the SGB election works, and how to vote strategically →
Shared by the South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) in the interest of ensuring quality public education recognises the rights of parents in South Africa.
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