Eyewitness News 3.png SADTU in WC Won't Back Down on Systemic Test Boycott Xolani Koyana, Eye Witness News, Cape Town, 21 October 2016 The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) says it will not call off its boycott of systematic tests in the Western Cape. Educators who are reportedly affiliated to the union have been going to schools in Khayelitsha and other areas preventing tests aimed at measuring the quality of the education system from being written. Western Cape SADTU October 2016, anti-Systemic.jpg The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) wrote to the union, calling for it to stop the boycott or face legal action. SADTU deputy provincial secretary Sibongile Kwazi says the sanction is a conference-approved resolution. "We intensified the boycott for this year, and it's only our members who will - through another provincial conference - tell us if we should cease the boycott." WCED MEC Debbie Schafer says the department cannot be dictated to by the union. "Their job is to ensure that they represent the interests of teachers in conditions of employment and collective bargaining, none of which apply to systemic testing. We can't allow our poor learners to be prejudiced any longer." From: http://ewn.co.za/2016/10/21/Sadtu-in-the-WC-wont-back-down-on-systemic-test- boycott __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14319 (20161021) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000601d22c2b%2405a2d8e0%2410e88aa0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
