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Education (Basic Education): Government Publications: Policy Documents

A guide to basic education (Grade R-Grade 12) published by the Government Department of Education

Green Paper

Free State Bills & Acts

Publication of the Free State School Health Services Bill 4 1997

Acts

School Education Act 1 1996

Free State centre for citizenship Education and Conflict Resolution Act 10 1996

Free State School Education Act 2 2000

Northern Cape Bills and Acts

Northern Cape School Education Amendment Bill 11 1998

Northern Cape Education Laws Amendment Bill 1 1999

Union of South Africa Revised Statutes 1910-1929

Matriculation Exemption Act 30 1920

Vocational education and special schools Act 29 1928

Union of South Africa Statute 1910-

Matriculation Exemption Act 30 1920

Vocational education and special schools Act 29 1928

Special schools amendment Act 43 1937

Vocational and special schools amendment Act 7 1943

Native Education Finance Act 29 1945

Schools Act Special Act 9 1948

Special schools amendment Act 15 1951

Bantu Education Act 47 1953

Bantu Education amendment Act 44 1954

Bantu Education amendment Act 33 1959

Special Education amendment Act 45 1960

Matriculation exemption Act 9 1960

Special education amendment Act 19 1961

Bantu Education amendment Act 55 1961

National advisory education council Act 86 1962

Bantu Special education Act 24 1964

Indians Education Act 61 1965

Coloured Persons education amendment Act 76 1967

Educational services Act 41 1967

Indians education amendment Act 60 1967

National Education policy Act 39 1967

National Education policy amendment Act 73 1969

Bantu Education account abolition Act 23 1971

Bantu Education account abolition Act 20 1972

Educational services amendment Act 60 1972

Coloured Persons in South West Africa edcucation Act 62 1972

Basters of Rehoboth Education Act 85 1972

Nama in South-West Africa Education Act 86 1972

Coloured Persons education amendment Act 53 1973

Anatomical donations and post-mortem examinations amendment Act 59 1973

 Education laws amendment Act 69 1973

National Education policy amendment Act 92 1974

National Education policy amendment Act 17 1975

Coloured Persons education amendment Act 29 1976

Coloured Persons in South West Africa education amendment Act 30 1976

Basters of Rehoboth education amendment Act 31 1976

Nama in South-West Africa education amendment Act 32 1976

 South African Teacher's Council for whites Act 116 1976

Educational Services amendment act 52 1977

Bantu education amendment Act 56 1977

Bantu Universities amendment Act 56 1977

South African Teachers' Council for whites amendment Act 24 1978

National Education policy amendment Act 25 1978

Bantu Education amendment Act 67 1978

Indians education amendment Act 40 1979

Indians advanced technical education amendment Act 40 1979

Coloured persons education amendment Act 50 1979

Coloured Persons education amenement Act 15 1980

Indian's education amendment Act 9 1981

Culture and education laws amendment Act 11 1981

South African Teacher's Council for whites amendment Act 105 1981

Educational services amendment Act 16 1982

National Education policy amendment Act 25 1982

Coloured Persons education amendment Act 85 1983

Education and culture laws amendment Act 28 1983

National policy for general education affairs Act 76 1984

Education and heraldy laws amendment Act 6 1984

Indians education amendment Act 78 1984

South African Teachers' Council for Whites amendment Act 17 1984

Colored Persons education amendment Act 76 1985

Professional Engineers amendment Act 13 1985

Estate Agents amendment Act 13 1985

Indian Education amendment act 64 1985

National Policy for general education affairs amendment Act 10 1986

Education amendment act (House of Delegates) Act 100 1986

National Education policy amendment Act 103 1986

Private Schools (House of Assembly) Act 104 1986

Statutes Cape of Good Hope

Act for regulatinng the Public Schools of Port Elizabeth upon the Grey Foundation Act 6 1856

Act for creating a board of Public Examiners in Literature and Science Act 1 1858

Act for the creation of Educational Boards in the Field-cornetcies, Villages and Towns of this Colony, on which the local regulations of each shall be founded Act 14 1858

Act for amending the Act No. 4 1858, Creating a Board for Public Examiners Act 18 1860

Act to provide for the granting of titles in freehold to the inhabitants of certain Missionary Institutions, and for the better Management of such institutions Act 12 1873

Act for regulating the Stellenbosch Undenominational College and Public Schools Act 9 1881

East London East (formerly Panmure) undenominational school transfer amendment Act 13 1902

 Queen Victoria scholarship Act 22 1902

The school board Act 35 1905

The school board Act 25 1906

The Grey Foundation schools transfer Act 11 1907

The school board further amendment Act 45 1908

School Board further amendment Act 25 1909

Transvaal Statute Law

Education of Children on Goldfields Law 15 1896

Public Education Ordinance 7 1903

Education Act 25 1907

Statutes of Natal

Education Ordinance 2 1856

Education Law 15 1877

Education Law 16 1877

Education Law 4 1880

Native Education Law 13 1885

Education Law 2 1886

Education Law 3 1886

Education Law 2 1889

Education Law 5 1897

Education Act 41 1903

Orange River Colony Statutes

Public education Ordinance 29 1905

School Act 35 1907

School Act Amendment Act 8 1910

The Classification of Schools and Teachers Act 13 1910

Eastern Cape Acts

Education Laws Amendment (Conduct of Matriculation Examinations) Act 4 1995

Eastern Cape Schools Education Act 1 1999

Gazankulu Acts

Gazankulu Education Act 7 1973

Gazankulu Education Amendment Act 4 1975

Gazankulu Education Amendment Act 14 1988

Mpumalanga Acts

Mpumalanga School Education Amendment Act 7 1998

Gauteng Bills & Acts

Bill

Education Policy Bill 5 1998

Examination and Assessment Amendment Bill

Examination and Assesment Bill 4 1997

School Education (Draft) Bill 1 1995

Acts

School Education Act 6 1995

Gauteng Education Policy Act 12 1998

Qwaqwa Acts

Qwaqwa Education Amendment Act 7 1981

Qwaqwa Amendment Act on Education 14 1990

Transkei Acts

Transkein Education Act 2 1964

Transkeian Teacherss Pension Fund Act 7 1965

Transkei Education Act 9 1966

Transkei Education Amendment Act 5 1971

Education Amendment Act 19 1976

Education Act 26 1983

Education Amendment Act 13 1985

Western Cape Bills & Acts

Bills

Western Cape Provincial School Education Bill 8 1997

Western Cape School Education Amendment Bill 7 1996

Western Cape Provincial School Education Draft Bill 12 1996

Western Cape School Education Consolation Bill 8 1994

Acts

Western Cape School Education Law 10 1994

Western Cape School Education Law 8 1996