(a) Performance Bonuses (merit awards); pay progressions and grade progressions
(b)(i) R6 993 000.00
(ii) R6 157 000.00
(iii) R6 806 000.00
Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) has been part of the National Curriculum Statement since 2000. Recent interventions to improve the quality of CSE teaching in our schools were piloted in more tthan 1500 schools and a wide range of education statkeholders were consulted. In addition, the Depatment of Basic Education held public consultations with the Teacher Unions, SGB Associations, Youth, as well as Religious and Traditional leaders. Comments ...
Implementation of budget cuts will potentially have an effect on the number of posts declared and may result in increased learner to educator ratios and consequently larger class sizes. The impact will vary across provinces depending on their historical budget pressure circumstances. However, Provincial Education Departments are expected to implement measures to lessen the impact. These measures include improving efficiencies in the management of ...
More »1. The Department of Basic Education did not use any textbook of the United Nations Children's Fund to develop the Scripted Lesson Plans
More »a) (i)
DataYear |
No of schools |
2015 |
2171 |
2016 |
733 |
2017 |
5714 |
2018 |
0 |
2019 |
0 |
(ii) Collection of National dataset for all 2020 registered learners is still in progress.
(b) & (c) Refer Annexure A
a) There was no costs incurred on the 25 principals' study tour to China in 2019. All costs (flights, accommodation, ground transport and refreshments) were covered by the Chinese government in line with the 2013 signed Cooperation Agreement on Basic Education between the Minister of Basic Education and the Minister of Education in China.
b) The list is attached.
USAID awarded Education Development Center a five year contract worth 25 million USD to implement the School-Based HIV Prevention and Sexuality Education Activity.
More »Information received from the Gauteng Department of Education indicates that their Districts have completed infrastructure assessments with regard to the number and type of facilities during the 2018/19 financial year. This data informs the number of additional facilities, including classrooms, required per school and by implication the number of new schools required in any given residential area.
a) The table below summarises the findings ...
Information has been requested from the North West Department of Education and the response will be provided once the requested information has been received from the province.
More »(a) (b) According to the National Education Infrastructure Management System (NEIMS), there are 26 remaining schools entirely built out of asbestos in Gauteng. The Department intends to replace this 26 asbestos schools within the next 5 years. The table below indicates the remaining 26 schools and the number of asbestos classrooms in each school.
No. |
School Name |
EMIS Number |
Classrooms |
1 |
Noordgesig Primary ... |