1. Schools and learners who are not transported due to budgetary constraints are kept on a database and prioritised when additional funding becomes available.
(a) The criteria used by provinces to determine the priority schools is based on the criteria that are used to identify learners in those schools as directed by the learner transport policy. The criteria are as follows:
(b) Information has been requested from provinces and will be made available once received.
(2) Yes. There are schools that were identified as a result of rationalisation. A costing exercise is undertaken as part of the rationalisation programme to determine the additional funding required and requests are made for these funds, over and above the existing budget.