South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996)

WHEREAS, South Africa has an uneven development with regard to the provisioning of basic school infrastructure to all public schools, and bearing in mind that social investment in education is a responsibility of the Government, and requires education to be central to Government policies as one of its key priorities;

AND WHEREAS the State continues to enhance the level of basic school infrastructure to all public schools, particularly those that were previously disadvantaged;

AND WHEREAS strides have been taken to provide relevant, effective, responsive, inclusive and sustainable school infrastructure to address the systematic inequalities experienced by all learners and, in particular, those learners with disabilities within and outside the special and mainstreamed school environment;

BE IT THEREFORE REGULATED by the Minister of Basic Education as follows—