Curro’s New Road Private School in Midrand, Gauteng, has operated illegally since 2020.
(The Post News)- Curro New Road Private School in Midrand, Gauteng, has been operating illegally since its establishment in 2020, according to a recent Johannesburg High Court ruling.
The court revealed that the school, which offers grades 8 to 12, was only registered with the Gauteng Department of Education this year and has yet to secure accreditation from the Quality Assurance Council for General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi).
These details were disclosed in a Johannesburg High Court ruling, in which Curro New Road asked the court to request the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) to submit its late application to the relevant chief director to register it as an examination centre for the final examinations of this year.
The deadline for independent schools to register with the GDE as National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination centres was October last year.
In its application, Curro New Road asked the court to order the GDE to honour its promises, which it said the department made at a meeting on May 8, undertaking to submit an application for NSC examination centre status for consideration by the chief director for assessment and examination and to register the school as a GDE examination centre.
Curro New Road was established and began operating as an independent school in 2020. However, it failed to comply with Section 46(1) of the education regulations, which mandates that independent schools must receive approval from the Department of Education or be registered with the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) before they can operate.
Modiba directed the GDE to instruct Curro New Roads to submit its application for registration as an examination centre for the 2024 NSC examinations to the Director General of Examination and Assessment, who will examine it by August 27.
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