Please find attached the breakdown (Annexure A), as requested, which I am advised reflects the information requested.
Annexure A provides a complete breakdown of all official international travel for the Minister of Basic Education since she assumed office, including the (i) purpose and justification for each trip, (ii) destination details, (iii) costs incurred, including, but not limited, to transport, accommodation, meals and other ...
a) The funder of the in-school breakfast programme contracted with the Department of Energy to support local social development for communities within a 50km radius of Kathu Solar Park, being the site of a concentrated solar power thermal energy plant located in the Northern Cape. The five schools participating in the in-school breakfast programme were identified in consultation with the relevant education district office in line with ...
Section 8 of the National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Act No. 27 of 1996) (NEPA) mandates the Minister of Basic Education to ensure the standards of education provision, delivery and performance are monitored and evaluated annually or at specified intervals. This is aimed at assessing compliance with the Constitution and national education policy, particularly as determined in terms of section 3(3) of the NEPA. ...
The infrastructure delivery model used by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) involves the contracting of Implementing Agents (including the Coega Development Cooperation, Development Bank of Southern Africa, The Mvula Trust, Independent Development Trust and the National Education Collaboration Trust) to implement projects on behalf of the DBE who subsequently appoint Professional Service Providers and Principal Agents for the design, documentation, contract monitoring and administration ...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is implementing several targeted programmes to attract and retain qualified Mathematics, Science, and Technology (MST) / Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) educators, including the following:
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has a Protocol with the South African Police Service (SAPS) to address crime and violence in schools. The Protocol is intended to enable all schools to be linked to their local police stations and requires SAPS to assist with search and seizure operations and crime awareness campaigns in schools. Schools regularly work with SAPS, local community police forums ...
The Minister of Basic Education and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) are committed to ensuring that learners from low-income families are not excluded from accessing quality education due to their inability to pay school fees.
It must be noted that, in terms of section 5(3)(a) of the South African Schools Act (SASA), no learner may be refused admission to a public school on ...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE), together with Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) and the DBE’s implementing agents, have made significant progress in improving sanitation facilities at public schools under the Sanitation Appropriate For Education (SAFE) initiative.
The DBE has advised that 3,155 identified sanitation projects have been completed under the SAFE initiative since its inception. The remaining 220 projects identified for purposes of the ...