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Official directives or notices from the Head of the Western Cape Education Department to schools, parents, and departmental structures.

Circulars 2026
Circulars 2025

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0040: Mandatory physical verification of unverified employees
0039: Management of progression and promotion appeals
0038: 2025 Year-end functions and time off for Head Office and district office employees
0037: Official Ending of Phase V of The Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) The Component of Presidential Employment Stimulus
0036: Special mark adjustment and condonation dispensation for learners in Grades 4–9 in 2025
0035: Implementation of Resolution 1 of 2025 in terms of the Government Employees Housing Scheme: Resignations and Dismissals
0034: Abuse no more protocol, 2025
0033: Criteria for the 2025 National Senior Certificate Awards
0032: Early Retirement Without Penalisation (ERP) and Voluntary Exit Programme (VEP)
0031: Mandatory physical verification of all employees on the human resource and payroll systems
0030: Principals of public schools must complete the mandatory verification process before any nomination for the reappointment of a former public servant or educator on contract is made at public schools
0029: Submission of quarterly contract performance monitoring reports
0028: The 2026 planning calendar for schools
0027: Implementation of the WCG Policy on Overtime Remuneration and Delegation of Approval Authority
0026: Grade R subsidies and other related matters as of 01 April 2026
0025: Roles, responsibilities, and composition of the LTSM committee at schools
0024: Broadband 2.0 roll-out: Access for equipment replacement and installation
0023: Non-section 21 schools: Norms and standards funding for schools Grades 1–12 — financial allocations for the 2026/27 financial year
0022: Section 21 schools: Norms and standards funding for schools Grades 1–12 — financial allocations for the 2026/27 financial year
0021: Provision of 2026 educator establishments for ordinary public and special schools
0020: Standard Operating Procedure for logging calls with the Schools IT Service Desk
0019: Approved guidelines for the Basic Education Employment Initiative Phase V within the basic education sector

Approved guidelines for the Basic Education Employment Initiative Phase V within the basic education sector

0018: Provision of public service support staff establishments to ordinary public and special schools
0017: Final timetable for the November 2025 National Senior Certificate examinations
0016: Operations management (office closure) during the 2025 festive period
0015: Financial guidelines for the Basic Education Employment Initiative – Phase V
0014: Basic Education Employment Initiative within the basic education sector – Phase V
0013: May/June 2025 examination timetable and arrangements for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Senior Certificate (SC) examinations
0012: Introducing the Provincial School Visitation System (PSVS) for implementation from 01 April 2025
0011: Revision of the Accounting Officer’s System, Supply Chain Management Delegations and Addendums to the Accounting Officer’s System
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0010: Increase in the number of learners per Grade R class
0009: School attendance by Grades 4−12 learners during and after the 2025 June and November school-based internal examination and assessment periods
0008: Presidential Youth Employment Initiative within the basic education sector – Phase V
0007: Directives for the establishment of District Assessment Irregularities Committees (DAICs)
0006: Financial management at schools
0005: Vaccination campaign in schools
0004: Western Cape Education Department (WCED) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Learner Transport Scheme (LTS) routes and administration of devolved LTS routes
0003: Compensation for school fee exemptions
0002: Long service recognition for employees (office- and institution-based educators and public service personnel)
0001: Capturing the textbooks issued at the end of the first school term and those retrieved during the last school term of each year and the need to ensure accurate record keeping and reporting on textbook retention and retrieval for 2025
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