Commission on Gender Equality to assess equitable access to education

THE Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) is to visit schools throughout the country, to monitor and
ensure equitable access to education for children of all social classes. 

CGE commissioners and staff will visit a sample of eight schools and four Early Childhood Development Centres (ECD) in the Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Western Cape provinces to monitor learning conditions and ensure free access to education.
 
The monitoring campaign, which kicks off this month and continues in March, will put a special focus on the following issues:
 
•          School nutrition programmes. 
•          Learner populations in classrooms.
•          Availability and quality of learning/teaching resources.
•          School hygiene sanitation and female learners’ menstrual health 
•          Educator knowledge and awareness of the Policy Framework for the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy Management of pregnancies and sexual abuse.
•          Promotion of dignity and provisions for learners with disabilities.
 
In line with accountability and transparency, the CGE will engage with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), Provincial Departments of Education and the Portfolio Committee on Education in Parliament about the findings and recommendations.

The Commission for Gender Equality will also hold a media launch to share its findings and recommendations with key stakeholders and interested parties in the education sector.

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