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Schools warned against withholding reports

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has urged parents to report any school that withholds students reports cards due to school fees that are not paid up. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast on Tuesday, department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond labelled it “unacceptable” and encouraged parents to be open with schools about their financial situation. Hammond said that the fees bring in the crucial funding needed to provide quality education “If there is […]

1 December 2020

News

Practice of withholding report cards against the law: WCED

As schools prepare to close its doors for the academic year on Wednesday, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said it’s already received a number of complaints from parents that schools have refused to release their children’s reports cards due to outstanding school fees. In many cases, parents are forced to settle their remaining debt in order to access their children’s results. According to Section 41 (7) of the South […]

5 December 2017

Local

No withholding of report cards: MEC

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has urged principals to release the report cards of all pupils, regardless of whether they had outstanding debt with the school or not. "My office received a number of complaints from parents last year that schools had refused to release their children’s reports cards because the parents had not paid outstanding school fees," she said. "This practice is completely unacceptable and will not be […]

6 December 2016

report cards

Schools warned against withholding reports

Practice of withholding report cards against the law: WCED

No withholding of report cards: MEC

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