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Stuck on the vetting merry-go-round: Slow sex-offender checks leave students vulnerable

Stuck on the vetting merry-go-round: Slow sex-offender checks leave students vulnerable

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

This, according to the DBE’s presentation during the basic education portfolio committee meeting.

Time’s ticking for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to vet educators, and portfolio members for the basic education committee are frustrated by the slow progress.

Bottlenecks and blame According to the presentation, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development’s (DOJ&CD) processing capacity limits the pace of National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO) vetting across the half-million-strong educator workforce.

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