What number of (a) Post Level 1 and (b) Post Level 2 teachers in each province has been promoted to the level of principal in each of the past three calendar years?
(a) Post Level 1
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PROVINCE
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2017
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2018
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2019
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TOTAL
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EASTERN CAPE
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60
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215
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150
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425
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FREE STATE
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3
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12
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8
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23
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GAUTENG
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3
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2
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12
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17
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KWAZULU/NATAL
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80
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105
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127
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312
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LIMPOPO PROVINCE
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76
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116
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3
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195
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MPUMALANGA
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12
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12
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13
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37
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NORTH WEST
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27
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23
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25
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75
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NORTHERN CAPE
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14
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20
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14
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48
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WESTERN CAPE
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5
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5
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24
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34
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TOTAL
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280
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510
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376 ... |
With reference to her reply to oral question 71 on 11 March 2020, (a) which schools are on the list of 272 in the Chris Hani District Municipality to receive proper sanitation in the
(i) 2019-20,
(ii) 2020-21 and
(iii) 2021-22 financial years,
(b) who are the implementing agents in each case,
(c) what is the cost of each project,
(d) where is the funding obtained for each project and
(e) on what date is each project expected to be
(i) finalised and
(ii) handed over?
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2019/20
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2020/21
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2021/22
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(a)
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59
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50 (Annexure B)
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152
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11 (Annexure C)
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The verification process confirmed that these schools have a VIP ablutions which may require maintenance.
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(b)
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- 58 Schools allocated to Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA)
- 1 School to The Mvula Tank (TMT)
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- 42 Schools allocated to TMT
- 8 Schools to be donated by ...
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(1) Whether the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (UMALUSI) is responsible for (a) curriculum development for existing qualifications,
(b) the (i) development and (ii) introduction of new qualifications and
(c) the development of the curricula for new qualifications; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case;
(2) whether she has found that there is any uncertainty with regard to the overlapping statutory mandates of UMALUSI and her department for conducting input-based assessment of independent schools, but not providing sufficient assistance on how to improve; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what
(a) are the relevant details of the uncertainty and
(b) steps has she taken to resolve such uncertainty?
(1)(a) No, responsible professional bodies such as the Department of Basic Education (DBE) are responsible for the development of curriculum/policy (National Education Policy Act, 27 of 1996)
(1)(b)(i) UMALUSI is not responsible for the development of new qualifications, but it is the responsibility of the DBE, and UMALUSI quality assures qualifications after which it submits them to the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) for ...
(a) From which line item in the budget of her department will essential hygiene and sanitation products be procured that will be required once schools reopen and (b) what amount will be set aside in this regard?
(a) Essential hygiene products for schools are not procured through the Department. They are procured by the provinces.
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Whether her department has finalised Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the containment and management of Covid-19 in schools; if not, by what date will the SOPs be finalised; if so, have the SOPs as yet been circulated to the provincial departments of education?
The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on COVID-19, was developed with inputs from provinces over several drafts. The SOPs have been finalised; and copies shared with provinces.
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(1) With reference to the Intaba Primary School in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, (a) what total number of learners are enrolled at the specified school, (b)(i) what number of learners are enrolled in each grade and (ii) which grades share a classroom and (c)(i) what number of teachers, desks and chairs are there and (ii) which grades does each teacher teach;
(2) what number of classrooms, toilets and wash hand basins, offices and storerooms, libraries and computers are at the specified school;
(3) what sports facilities are there;
(4) what are the relevant details of the (a) areas where the minimum standards have not been met and (b) steps that she has taken to ensure that the minimum standards are met in each specified case?
The response to the question has been sourced from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education and is attached
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(1) Whether her department will offer any form of Covid-19 financial and/or other relief to small businesses; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether the Covid-19 financial and/or other relief will only be allocated to qualifying small businesses according to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, Act 53 of 2003, as amended; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (
a) on what statutory grounds and/or provisions does she or her department rely to allocate Covid-19 financial or other relief only to small businesses according to the specified Act and
(b) what form of Covid-19 financial or other relief, if any, will be made available to other small businesses?
(1) No, there is no provision in the departmental budget for relief to small businesses. The Department's mandate does not include the provision of relief to small businesses
(2) N/A
(a) N/A
(b) N/A
Whether, with reference to her reply to oral question 71 on 11 March 2020, she has intervened and finalised the investigation pertaining to service providers who are blocking the sanitation programme in schools in the Chris Hani District Municipality; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the progress of the intervention and investigation?
As per the attached, this is the response to Parliamentary question 71 and does not correspond with the narrative as contained in question 582.
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(1) With reference to the Sanitary Appropriate for Education (SAFE) initiative launched by the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa, on 14 August 2018, what (a) total number of schools were earmarked in each province, (b) budget was allocated to each province for the (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20 financial years, (c) is the total donations received from the (i) private sector, (ii) National Treasury and (iii) fundraising events and (d) which schools benefitted from the budget allocations;
(2) whether all the (a) projects were finalised and (b) budgets allocated were spent; if not, why not; if so, what is the name of each contractor of each project?
Response
a) The number of schools earmarked for each ...
(1) Since what date has the Mceula Primary School in the Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape, been on the priority list for toilets and fixing of classrooms;
(2) will this school be part of the Sanitation Appropriate for Education campaign; if not, (a) why not, (b) on what date will the ceilings and dangerous floors be attended to and (c) what is the budget allocated for all the work to be done at this school; if so, what are the relevant details?
Response
There are two (2) Mceula Primary Schools in the Chris Hani Municipality:
Response:
(1) and (2)
MceulaPrimariy School, EMIS number: 200600469 had received 14 toilets for 265 learners and 5 teachers on the 23rd November 2012 and therefore it has not been prioritised. The school will not be on the SAFE Initiative because it has a sufficient number of toilets. The fixing of classrooms, is ...
