Mixed views on Bela Bill during public hearings in KZN: The proposed closure and merger of smaller schools deemed as non-viable has invoked mixed reactions from KwaZulu-Natal communities.
Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba, portfolio committee chairperson, said the bill had been mostly rejected by residents who said the closure of non-viable schools and “overregulation of home schooling” would not enhance the public education system and might potentially drive skilled workers away from the basic education sector.
“The participants pointed out the inherent risk posed by the transportation of young children to schools that become far as a result of the merger, and they cited many fatal accidents that involved learner transport. The hearings were concluded at the Pinetown Civic Hall on Sunday where participants from eThekwini were largely in support of the bill. They said the bill would ensure development of the education system and ensure transformation and equitable access once passed into law.
Those in opposition argued that the proposed bill, in its current form, sought to take away the parents’ right to decide what was best for their children. They also argued that the community, through SGBs, should decide language and admission policy because it understood peculiar issues of the community.
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