Natal Education Department

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NATAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Official blazon

(af) Gewelfd deursnede, silwer en blou, in die skildhoof 'n swart swartwildebees in volle ren, in die kildvoet 'n silwer triquetra getop met 'n goue vlam.
(en) Per fess enarched, Argent and Azure, in chief a black wildebeest in full course Sable, 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 wildebeest (gnu) is the symbol of Natal Province