<div dir="ltr"><h2><span itemprop="name">Grades 1 & 2 to be taught an African language from 2016</span></h2>
<p class="">MEC Panyaza Lesufi says his department will continue the fight for access to language options in education. </p>
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<div class=""><span>FILE. Grade one & two learners will be taught an African language as of 2016. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN</span>
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<div class=""><span itemprop="author"><a href="http://ewn.co.za/Contributors/Dineo-Bendile">Dineo Bendile</a></span> | <abbr id="mainplaceholder_0_abbrCreateDate" class="" title="8 hours ago">about 9 hours ago</abbr></div>
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<span itemprop="articleBody"></span></p><p>JOHANNESBURG – <a href="http://ewn.co.za/Topic/Panyaza-Lesufi" target="_blank">Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi</a> on Tuesday said that from next year, all grade one and grade two pupils will be taught an African language.<br>
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As Youth Day celebrations kicked off, the MEC said his department would
continue the fight started by the youth of 1976 for access to language
options in education. <br>
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On Monday, Lesufi led a group of over 3,000 school pupils to the Hector
Pieterson Memorial in Soweto to remember the sacrifices made for
education.<br>
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The MEC said language was still as important to factor in education now as it was for the youth of 1976. <br>
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“June 16th was about language and I am proud that as of next year grades
one and two across the system will be taught one African language so
that every child can know an African language in our schooling system.”<br>
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Tuesday marked almost 40 years since thousands of Soweto school pupils
marched against the apartheid government’s language policy. <br>
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The Education Department has said it would recommit itself to ensuring that Gauteng pupils <a href="http://ewn.co.za/2015/06/15/Lesufi-vows-to-get-quality-education-for-all" target="_blank">have complete access to quality education</a>.<br><br><a href="http://ewn.co.za/2015/06/16/Grades-1-and-2-to-be-taught-an-African-language-from-2016">http://ewn.co.za/2015/06/16/Grades-1-and-2-to-be-taught-an-African-language-from-2016</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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