EC schools challenge government over years of underfunding
The case in which the Makhanda Circle of Unity, together with three Makhanda-based public schools against the Eastern Cape education department, as well as the minister of education and National Treasury, will be heard today in the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda.
Three Makhanda schools have taken the Eastern Cape education department to court for consistently funding pupils below the national target.
Sadtu support the case Sadtu spokesperson Nomusa Cembi told The Citizen: “We are concerned about this continued underfunding and as a result, in 2025, we held a national march to the department of basic education as well as the Treasury in Pretoria, protesting about this as part of a global campaign to fund education called Go Public, Fund Education.
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