Mission
Protect and promote the right of all Children and Learners to quality, equitable, culture-based Basic Education through: –

• Increased access to a digitally driven curriculum
• Actively engaged family, community and stakeholders to share responsibility, support and inculcate life-long learning
• Provision of an enabling and conducive environment for the Department.

Values

• Inclusion – We recognise diversity for redress and equity
• Excellence – We move beyond compliance by going an extra mile
• Integrity – We respond to our fellow employees and other stakeholders
• Transparency – We are open in our functions and operations for public interest and comment
• Innovation – We will continually strive for better and new ways of doing things
• Empathy – We appreciate the context in which people operate and express themselves
• Accountability – We take responsibility of the consequences of our actions