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Legally Speaking: The right to basic education for undocumented children


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Time now for our regular Monday feature Legally Speaking. This morning we will look at the right to basic education for undocumented children. This after the department of basic education published a national circular notice to all schools to allow undocumented pupils access to education following a landmark judgment by the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in December, which ruled it was unconstitutional and unlawful to deny undocumented pupils a right to education. However, some schools were still turning away undocumented immigrant children despite the ruling

GUEST: Cecile van Schalkwyk, an Attorney at Legal Resources Centre
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