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Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

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Department of Basic Education<br />

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<strong>and</strong> building access to<br />

the physical needs of<br />

learners with disabilities,<br />

etc.<br />

As such, schools <strong>and</strong><br />

the relevant DoEs must,<br />

in the interpretation<br />

<strong>and</strong> fulfilment of their<br />

responsibilities to<br />

provide adequate water,<br />

sanitation <strong>and</strong> access,<br />

be guided by what is<br />

adequate <strong>for</strong> the full<br />

range of (especially<br />

<strong>vulnerable</strong>) learners.<br />

Protection<br />

against<br />

discrimination<br />

<strong>for</strong> failure to<br />

pay school<br />

fees<br />

The South African<br />

Schools Act (s5)<br />

prohibits any<br />

discrimination or the<br />

exclusion of any child<br />

from school on the<br />

grounds that the child/<br />

caregiver is unable to<br />

pay school fees.<br />

Targeted beneficiaries<br />

Children <strong>and</strong> their<br />

caregivers living in<br />

poverty<br />

Local school<br />

In addition, the<br />

Act prohibits the<br />

withholding of school<br />

reports, the withholding<br />

of textbooks, or sending<br />

the child home, or any<br />

other discriminatory<br />

acts on the grounds that<br />

school fees have not<br />

been paid.<br />

➔<br />

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