Documents

WCED Circulars

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

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0077: Inter-departmental and provincial transfers for educators and public service personnel

0076: State of Disaster: Amendment to the Directions regarding leave for employees affected by COVID-19

0075: Implementation of the amended Form Z56 for the change of banking details and an affidavit in respect of virtual banking

0074: End-of-year functions and time off for Head Office and district office personnel

0073: Confirmation of the task weightings for Grades 10–12 Dramatic Arts

0072: Rollout of electronic payslips (ePayslips) – Phase one

0071: 2021 Special mark adjustment/condonation dispensation for learners in Grades 4–9

0070: Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI): Phase II – Financial guideline

0069: WhatsApp groups and the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act 4 of 2013)

0068: Permission for the IEC to use schools on state property during the 2021 local government elections

0067: Weighting of School-Based Assessments and end-of-year control tests for Grades 10 and 11 for the 2021 academic year

0066: Grade R subsidies and other related matters as of 01 April 2022

0065: Further directions for payments made by schools

0064: Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI): Phase II

0063: Dates and time frames for applications for admission to ordinary public schools and the management of school admission information for 2022/2023

0062: Section A: Implementation of School Self Evaluation (SSE) to ensure effective implementation of all action plans

0061: Enforcement of the duty to adhere to the agreed-upon and approved staggered working hours for individual office-based employees

0060: Involvement of WCED educators and public service employees in the local elections scheduled for 01 November 2021

0059: Unlawful practices associated with school admissions, the payment of school fees and the levying of other fees

0058: Amendments to the 2021 November National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations timetable

0057: Criteria for the 2021 National Senior Certificate Awards

0056: Implementation of the recommendations on the review of the Policy and Procedure on Incapacity Leave and Ill-health Retirement (PILIR) modality

0055: The 2022 planning calendar for schools

0054: School attendance by Grades 4 to 11 learners during and after the 2021 November school-based testing period

0053: Admission of undocumented South African or foreign learners: 2021/22

0051: Section 21 schools: Norms and standards funding for schools Grades 1–12 — financial allocations for the 2022/23 financial year

0050: Provision of 2022 teaching staff establishments for ordinary public schools

0049: Provision of 2022 teaching staff establishments for special public schools

0048: The English version of any communication to schools takes precedence in cases of conflict in the three official languages

0047: Unplaced learners

0046: Enrolment with the Government Employees Housing Scheme (GEHS): Importance, process and consequences for not enrolling

0045: Guidelines for payment methods made by schools – phasing out of cheques

0044: Erratum to the revised subject weightings for the Further Education and Training band, Grades 10 to 12

0043: Administration of governing body meetings

0042: Training of governing bodies

0041: Consultation process of governing bodies

0040: Final timetable and arrangements for the November 2021 National Senior Certificate examinations

0039: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for learner admissions

0038: Public service trade unions access to WCED Institutions

0037: Revised Strike Management Plan

0036: Increasing or reducing the number of grades or subjects, or changing the language of instruction (Grades R-12), including the implementation of technical, occupational and/or vocational streams at schools

0035: Prevention of re-employment of former educators and public servants dismissed or deemed dismissed for misconduct or deemed resigned

0034: Unauthorised works and developments on school property

0033: Proses wat staatsdienswerkers met komorbiditeite by onderwysinrigtings moet volg

0032: Proses wat opvoeders met ʼn komorbiditeit moet volg

0031: Process to follow for office-based staff with a comorbidity (office-based educators and office-based public service staff)

0030: Apointment of classroom assistants

0029: Amended guidelines for random search and seizure, and alcoholic liquor and illegal drug testing at public schools in response to the 2018 Constitutional Court judgmenton the decriminalisation of the private use ofcannabis

0028: Vaccination of Educators and Support Staff at Ordinary Public and Special Schools

0027: Contract for the supply and delivery of cleaning material, gardening and electrical equipment (BWCED 2876/20), for the period 14 May 2021 to 30 April 2024

0026: Annual leave dispensation for public service staff at schools

0025: Contract for the supply and delivery of stationery (BWCED 2875/20) for the period 01 May 2021 to 30 April 2024

0024: Implementation of the 2021 assessment programme in mainstream and special schools across the General Education and Training (GET) band

0023: Clarity regarding support to schools during the implementation of occupational subjects in Schools of Skill and piloting of vocationally oriented subjects in public ordinary schools

0022: Release of revised subject weightings for the Further Education and Training (FET) band

0021: People Management Practices System (PMPS): Access and functionality

0020: Safety and Security Resilience Scorecard

0019: Repeal of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences as proviso for offering Sport and Exercise Science

Repeal of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences as proviso for offering Sport and Exercise Science (pdf, 115 KB)

Herroeping van Lewenswetenskappe en Fisiese Wetenskappe as voorwaarde indien Sport- en Oefenwetenskap as vak geneem word (pdf, 119 KB)

Ukurhoxiswa kwe-Life Sciences ne-Physical Sciences njengomqathango omiselweyo wokufunda i-Sport and Exercise Science (pdf, 134 KB)

Annexure A (pdf, 270 KB)

0018: Procurement related to private security guarding services

0017: Implementation of the abridged version of Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) Section 4 amendments in Grade 12

0016: Increase in amounts payable for boarding, transport and private boarding bursaries and personnel subsidies to hostels and schools

0015: Management and storage of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances

0014: The amended 2021 planning calendar for schools

0013: Rules for the Monitoring and Support of Curriculum Delivery at Public Schools in the Western Cape

0012: Concluding on the Presidential Employment Stimulus

0011: May/June 2021 examination timetable and arrangements for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Senior Certificate (SC) examinations

0010: Arrangements for the 2021 governing body elections

0009: The capturing of the textbooks issued at the end of the first school term and those retrieved during the last school term each year and the need to ensure accurate record keeping and reporting on textbook retention and retrieval for the 2020/21...

0008: Sexual harassment

0007: Compensation for school fee exemptions

0006: Online Admissions Process

0005: Union access to educational institutions

0004: Process to follow for Educators with a Comorbidity

0003: Process to follow for Public Service Staff at Institutional and Office Level with a Comorbidity

0002: Outstanding leave forms on the People Management Practices System (PMPS)

0001: Common Understanding on the Interpretation and Implementation of the Time-off provisions for Education as per Chapter F of the PAM document

Circulars 1995 - 2002