Issues: Education
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) recently issued a proposed policy that will force homeschooling parents to include the State curriculum as a minimum requirement in their homeschooling curriculum. This effectively removes the freedom of parents to choose a curriculum that is in the best interest of their child (as contemplated by article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).
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The policy has since been withdrawn by the WCED, following a public outcry by homeschoolers and organisations promoting Christian-Judeo and family values. All indications are however that similar proposals will surface again – if not from provincial, then from national government.
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A guideline on the implications of the “OGOD” judgment
A Guideline for Public Schools, and Religious Practitioners and Organisations working into Public Schools On 28 June 2017, the Johannesburg High Court delivered judgment in the case of OGOD vs Laerskool Randhart & Others. In terms of the Court order, it is...
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WCED Homeschooling Policy – Draft 8
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) recently issued a draft policy that will impose the State curriculum as a minimum requirement on parents that homeschool their children. Following a public outcry, the policy has for now been withdrawn by the WCED. Draft...
A guideline on the implications of the “OGOD” judgment
A Guideline for Public Schools, and Religious Practitioners and Organisations working into Public Schools On 28 June 2017, the Johannesburg High Court delivered judgment in the case of OGOD vs Laerskool Randhart & Others. In terms of the Court order, it is...
‘OGOD’ Judgment: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Last week, the Johannesburg High Court handed down judgment in the controversial case of OGOD versus Laerskool Randhart & Others, regarding religious observances in public schools. A copy of the full judgment is available here. Although OGOD are claiming that the...
BREAKING NEWS: Court Says Public Schools May Not Promote A Particular Religion
COURT SAYS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY NOT PROMOTE A PARTICULAR RELIGION A mere six weeks after the case was argued in Court, the Johannesburg High Court this morning delivered its much anticipated judgment in the case of OGOD v six public schools regarding religion in...
Intervening in Case Against “Christian Schools”
In 2014, a secular group by the name of OGOD instituted legal action against six public schools with a Christian ethos, in the Johannesburg High Court. In its court papers, OGOD is asking the Court to find that the schools, by promoting or associating with a...
Radio Tygerberg interview with Nadene Badenhorst on Christian Schools Case – 9 Sep 2014
Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel of FOR SA) gives Anton Brink of Radio Tygerberg an update on the legal proceedings recently instituted by a secular group against six public schools in the Johannesburg High Court, for holding themselves out as “Christian schools”. At...
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