EU Education Grant

 R1.1 billion grant means fewer excuses for Department of Education

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomed the European Union’s (EU) decision to support South Africa’s struggling basic education system with a grant of R1.1 billion over the next three years. This level of generosity suggests that the EU understood just how weak our education system was, and that it was keen to see us make progress in this area. Of course, with this windfall comes great responsibility, said Donald Smiles MP, Shadow Deputy Minister of Basic Education