"We have a right to be heard when we speak about our education"

Submitted by adminGF on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 23:51

Speech delivered by Nontsikelelo Dlulani at the Children’s Institute Child Gauge Launch, 16 August 2011

My name is Nontsikelelo Dlulani and I am a learner from Westridge High School. Minister Lulu Xingwana, parents, activists, community members, and my fellow learners, I greet you all today. It is privilege and an honour to be given this opportunity to speak about an issue that is often ignored. This issue that often gets placed at the bottom of the priority list and at the end of the political agenda.

'We want and demand an education that prepares us to be future doctors, lawyers, professors, Ministers and Presidents'

Submitted by adminGF on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 02:14

Speech delivered by Nontsikelelo Dlulani, a member of EE's Leadership Committee, at the Candlelight Vigil outside Parliament, Cape Town, 12 July 2011. 

My name is Nontsikelelo Dlulani and I am a learner from Westridge High School. Parents, Activists, Community Members, and Equalisers, I greet you all. It is a privilege and an honor to be given this opportunity to speak about an issue that is often ignored. This issue many times gets placed at the bottom of priority lists and at the end of political agendas.

Tomorrow’s leaders determined to hold educational authorities to account

Submitted by adminGF on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 20:51

The following is an op-ed piece by EE Coordinator Doron Isaacs. It appears in the Cape Times of July 15, 2011. 

The buildings on the corner of Roeland and Plein streets are being demolished. The seven storeys of white wall currently facing Parliament will soon be no more. But on Wednesday night the old wall got a dignified send off, providing a film screen for Jack Lewis’s unreleased feature-length film on the history of the Treatment Action Campaign, that won treatment for HIV/Aids.

Watching the film was a new generation of citizens, the members of the group Equal Education, camped outside Parliament as part of a campaign for better schools. High school pupils from across Cape Town, clustered for warmth, watched and discussed the film, recognising its message that a successful struggle is built on knowledge, discipline and perseverance.

Proposed preamble to Education Charter

Submitted by adminGF on Sun, 06/26/2011 - 20:39

PROPOSED PREAMBLE

As learners, teachers, principals and parents we believe that a quality education is a right for all learners in South Africa.  We believe that all South Africans, without exception, share the same inalienable rights: that we are equal citizens who share a common national destiny. We know that all forms of inequality and bias are dehumanizing.  We know that our constitution promises us that everyone has the right to a basic education and that it commits our nation to providing development opportunities for all South Africans, irrespective of race or class or gender.  We also know that education is an instrument for social transformation, an instrument of liberation.  It is essential to sustaining and deepening our democracy, and for achieving a socially aware and compassionate society.

Presentation by Brad Brockman at Launch of Education Charter, The People's Summit for Quality Education, 25 June 2011

Submitted by adminGF on Sun, 06/26/2011 - 20:32

Launching the Education Charter Campaign

The Education Charter Campaign is an idea which we as Equal Education would like to propose, so as to take forward the important work which this Summit is starting, namely, the building of a vision of a just educational future and a national movement to realise that vision.

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