Most commonly asked questions by parents on the education of their school-going children - The South African Schools Act of 1996 requires all children between the ages of seven and 15 to attend school. Parents and guardians must make sure that all learners of this age are registered to go to school. As a parent, your relationship with the school starts on the day that you decide to register your child with a particular school. This relationship is defined by a set of rights and responsibility towards the school.  > 

School is compulsory from the beginning of the year in which the learner turns seven until the end of Grade 9 or of the year in which the learner turns 15 (whichever comes first). This stage is called General Education and Training and falls into ...  > 

The WCED maintains a database of schools and centres in the Province. You can search this database by:school name, language of instruction, suburb or town, education district, type of school (primary etc), subjects offered (Grades 8 to12), special centres (art, music etc) ...  > 

This document provides information on how school fees are set and what parents need to do if they are unable to pay their child's school fees.  > 

Learners can receive specialised music training at the WCED's music education centres:The Beau Soleil Music Centre, The Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre, The Frank Pietersen Music Centre.  > 

WCED educators are available at three outdoor education centres and four museum programmes in the Western Cape.  >