EDL3703
Assignment 1 (100%
COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 1 2025
DUE 17 March 2025
, ACTIVITIES
The governing body of Hoërskool Erasmus, east of Bloemfontein was forced by the provincial
department of education to accept 42 black English-speaking learners in 2014. The
governing body contends that it is an exclusively Afrikaans school and was bullied into
accommodating the learners even though it did not have the necessary capacity to provide
for them. The governing body held a meeting to discuss the matter with its members and
has decided to challenge the department in court. As a paralegal, the chairperson of the
governing body of Hoërskool Erasmus approaches you for advice in this matter. Write a legal
opinion in which you comprehensively evaluate the governing body’s chances of success in
its proposed legal battle with the provincial department of education. (25 marks) If you are
submitting a handwritten assignment, then we will accept the Harvard style (in text) method.
The length of your assignment should not exceed 2500 words in total (approximately five (5)
typed pages in 1,5 line spacing).
Assignment 1 (100%
COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 1 2025
DUE 17 March 2025
, ACTIVITIES
The governing body of Hoërskool Erasmus, east of Bloemfontein was forced by the provincial
department of education to accept 42 black English-speaking learners in 2014. The
governing body contends that it is an exclusively Afrikaans school and was bullied into
accommodating the learners even though it did not have the necessary capacity to provide
for them. The governing body held a meeting to discuss the matter with its members and
has decided to challenge the department in court. As a paralegal, the chairperson of the
governing body of Hoërskool Erasmus approaches you for advice in this matter. Write a legal
opinion in which you comprehensively evaluate the governing body’s chances of success in
its proposed legal battle with the provincial department of education. (25 marks) If you are
submitting a handwritten assignment, then we will accept the Harvard style (in text) method.
The length of your assignment should not exceed 2500 words in total (approximately five (5)
typed pages in 1,5 line spacing).
