(a) By what date will her department construct additional learner ablution facilities at The Hill High School in Johannesburg,
(b) what number of facilities will be constructed for each gender,
(c) what are the (i) dates, (ii) deadlines, (iii) milestones and (iv) time frames in each case,
(d) why have the additional facilities not been built to date and
(e)(i) what total amount has her department allocated towards the project and (ii) from which budget has the specified amount been allocated?
The question has been referred to the Gauteng Department of Education for a response and will be submitted as soon as it is received from the province.
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(a) By what date will her department construct permanent structures and infrastructure at the Kibler Park Secondary School,
(b) what are the (i) dates, (ii) deadlines, (iii) milestones and (iv) time frames in each case,
(c) why have the permanent structures and infrastructure not been built to date and
(d)(i) what total amount has her department allocate towards the project and (ii) from which budget has the specified amount been allocated?
The question has been referred to the Gauteng Department of Education and a response will be submitted as soon as it is received from the province.
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(1) What are the relevant details of her department’s plans to build a technical high school in the Johannesburg South District;
(2) (a) what are the (i) dates, (ii) deadlines, (iii) milestones and (iv) time frames for building the specified school,
(b) what are the reasons that such a school has not been built to date,
(c) what budget has her department allocated for building the school and
(d) from which budget will the money be provided?
The question has been referred to the Gauteng Department of Education for a response and will be submitted as soon as it is received from the province.
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(1) What reasons have compelled her to suspend the feeding schemes in schools during the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19;
(2) what steps has her department taken to ensure that the recipients of meals from the school feeding schemes continue to receive meals or food parcels through (a) nongovernmental organisations and/or (b) the Department of Social Development during the lockdown period, which has seen schools closed for an extended time?
The closure of schools was announced by the President as part of the lockdown measures and all school activities were ceased.
The Department has been working with the Department of Social Development (DSD), through the National Food and Nutrition Security Task Team, led by the Presidency, through which it was agreed that learners would be targeted in families to receive food parcels in their Disaster Relief and ...
With regard to funds from the National Lotteries Commission to provide much needed sanitation in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, (a) which schools in each province were beneficiaries of the projects, (b) what was the total amount allocated for the project in both the provinces, (c) what amount was allocated to each company (names and details furnished), (d) what were the details of each contract for each project, (e) was each project completed, (f) who are the owners of the specified companies, (g) how is a certain person (name furnished) involved in the specified companies and (h) how was her department, the Limpopo and the Eastern Cape education departments involved?
In regards to the funds from the National Lotteries Commission for the provision of sanitation in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, the DBE liaised with the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs); however, the PEDs have no records of any funding that was obtained / donated by the National Lotteries Commission, as this donation could have been directly donated to the respective schools. The DBE will contact the Commission in order to ...
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What number of educators with qualifications in African mother tongue languages graduated for the foundationphase in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017, (f) 2018 and (g) 2019?
The information requested falls within the competence and purview of the Department of Higher Education and Training. The Honourable Member is urged to request the information through the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology.
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Whether her department intends to provide security services for Nzamo Primary School in Soweto, Orlando West, Gauteng; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, by what date is it envisaged that security will be available?
Currently the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is utilizing the services of patrollers through CPF (Community Policing Forum) to qualifying schools. Nzamo Primary School did not constitute part of the services of patrollers. As per the number of reported burglaries, the school will be put on the patroller programme. The envisaged period of deployment will be linked to the re-opening of schools for the ...
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What number of educators have left the teaching profession in each province since 1 January 2012?
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57 193 permanently appointed educators resigned between January 2012 and December 2019. The unusually high numbers of resignations were recorded in 2014 and 2015. This coincided with the period in which there was uncertainty relating to the changes in pension dispensation. However, it should be noted that as at February 2020, about 17 800 of the educators who resigned, were back - appointed as educators in schools.
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(1) With regard to the minimum norms and standards for education facilities of her department, what number of primary and high/secondary schools in each province have failed to meet the deadline in providing (a) safe and adequate sanitation facilities where there was none or where pit latrines exist, (b) laboratories, (c) libraries, (d) internet access, (e) sport facilities and (f) water and electricity;
(2) by (a) what date will each school meet the minimum norms and standards for education facilities of her department, (b) what is the estimated cost of meeting the minimum norms and standards for education facilities and (c) what number of learners are affected by the failure to meet the minimum norms and standards for education facilities;
(3) what has been the real minimum norms and standards for education facilities spending for each learner in each of the past 10 financial years in each province?
1. With regard to the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, the schools which are still NOT provided with facilities are as per Table 1 and Table 2 below.
- Table 1: Breakdown by Province for Primary schools
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Sanitation (Using Pit-latrines)
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No Laboratories
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No Libraries
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No Internet Access
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No Sport Facilities
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(1) What number of learners are currently enrolled in quintile (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 5 schools in each province;
(2) what is the learner to educator ratio in quintile (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 schools in each province?
Table 1 below indicates the number of learners enrolled in quintile 1 to 5 schools per province.It shows that the majority of learners are in quintile 3 with 3 218 301 followed by quintile 1 with 3 113 123.
Table 1: Number of learners in quintile 1 - 5 schools,by province, in 2019
Part 2 of the response refers to the attachment.
