1. Special leave with full pay for participating in sport and cultural events or for participating in or attending a relevant conference, meeting or other event approved for this purpose may be granted by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) without such leave being deducted from the leave credit of an educator, when an educator:
1.1 is selected by a sports body or a cultural institution recognised by the WCED, to represent the country or province or to participate at any comparable level in an international, national, provincial or regional sports or cultural events within or outside the Republic.
1.2 acts as referee, official, adjudicator, course or group leader at a sport or cultural event on an international level within or outside the Republic.
1.3 as an individual, is selected or invited to participate in a sport or cultural event at international or national level within or outside the Republic.

2. Special leave granted in terms of this circular will be for a period and on conditions as approved by the Head of Education.

3. All applications for the above-mentioned leave must be accompanied by relevant supporting documentation, e.g. invitations, programmes, itinerary.

4. Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all educators in your institution/office/ directorate, including those on leave, and have them sign and date it. Principals must ensure that a copy of this circular is given to the chairperson of the school governing body.

5. You are kindly requested to place a copy of this circular together with copies of the other circulars on leave in a separate file / cover for future use / reference purposes.



SIGNED: J.H. HURTER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2003:03:06