Cape Education Department

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CAPE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Official blazon

(af) Gewelfd deursnede, silwer en blou, in die skildhoof twee swart ankers, in die skildvoet 'n silwer triquetra getop met 'n goue vlam.
(en) Per fess enarched, Argent and Azure, in chief two anchors Sable and in base a triquetra Argent ensigned of a flame Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 5, 1988.

The arms show the pattern of the different provincial education departments, with in the base a triquetra and flame to symbolise education and in chief a provincial symbol.

The anchors are a symbol for the Cape Province Literature: