Advocacy organisation Equal Education (EE) will draft its Education Charter on Saturday – a document they hope will light a fire under education authorities on issues such as curriculums‚ infrastructure and textbooks. Here is a breakdown of the principles that will guide the charter's drafting:EE remains committed to the delivery of suitable school infrastructure for the poor‚ in rural and township areas. This includes sporting facilities EE supports dedicated and hardworking teachers who‚ on a daily basis‚ are engaged in knowledge production. EE remains concerned with trade unions do not prioritise the conditions of employment for teachers and their training. EE supports efforts made in the country moving away from Bantu education EE calls for history as a compulsory subject for grades 4 to 12. It also calls for the prioritised provision of maths teachers to rural and township schools and a cap on the number of students taking maths literacy. EE remains concerned with the lack of transport for schoolchildren in rural areas. EE wants transport used as an integration tool to give poor black people‚ who not live in affluent areas‚ access to schools in those areas. EE wants to quintile system abolished as it perpetuates inequality. 9. EE opposes any form of privatising public education‚ by rich individuals and donors.The charter will be approved by EE's national council in September and will be reviewed every year.TMG Digital caught up with EE secretary general Tshepo Motsepe at a summit on teaching and learning to find out how the charter will be used.It will be distributed among EE's members and used as a guiding principle and to make recommendations to the Department of Basic Education‚ the Public Investment Corporation‚ trade unions and political parties.“Our members are voting and they can vote for the party that speaks to their education needs‚” Motsepe added. – TMG Digital..