The illegality of deregistering matric learners to boost a schools matric results.

Lukho Mkwedi Phuthi welcomed Mr. SK Seakamela in the studio to discuss the illegality of deregistering matric learners to boost a school's matric results. Their discussion focused on Section 29 of the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996, which protects the right to basic education and imposes duties on schools and the state to ensure access to education without discrimination. They emphasized that deregistering matric learners to manipulate school results violates the legal framework aimed at ensuring all learners’ rights to education are respected under this act and related legislation. The South African Schools Act mandates inclusive access and democratic governance in schools, and deregistration practices that unjustly exclude learners contradict these principles.