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You are referred to Circular 0009/2007, dated 22 March 2007, in which the governing bodies of public schools are requested to submit a table displaying the number of applications received for exemption from the payment of school fees. This request is in compliance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations Relating to the Exemption of Parents from the Payment of School Fees in Public Schools (excluding No-Fees Schools), promulgated in terms of the South African Schools Act (Act 84 of 1996).
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Principals and chairpersons of governing bodies are once again reminded to submit a provisional table indicating the statistics requested in the above circular by the end of the first school term each year, and a final table on or before 30 November of each year. This request is applicable to all public schools, except those that have been declared no-fees schools. No-fees schools may not charge school fees.
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However, kindly note that the required statistics must now be submitted to the relevant education district office, and not to the WCED Head Office, as requested in Circular 0009/2007. District offices, in turn, are requested to maintain a database of all information in respect of exemptions from payment of school fees received from public schools. A summary of these statistics (per school) must be forwarded at the end of the fourth school term to Head Office, for the attention of Mr IJ Morkel, at the Directorate: Institutional Management and Governance Planning, Room 1015 Atterbury House, 9 Riebeeck Street, Cape Town, 8000.
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Kindly bring the content of this circular to the attention of all personnel and governing body members.
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SIGNED: HA LEWIS
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2008:12:17
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