(a)
Table 1 below indicates the number of full service primary schools, by province, between 2015 and 2017. It shows that, the number of full service primary schools increased from 457 in 2015 to 662 in 2017. The decrease in the Western Cape is due to redesignation of full service schools done by the Superintended General.
Table 1: Number of primary schools converted into Full Service schools, by province, between 2015 and 2016
Province |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
EC |
7 |
7 |
28 |
FS |
40 |
135 |
175 |
GP |
19 |
19 |
26 |
KZ |
57 |
58 |
87 |
LP |
14 |
14 |
15 |
MP |
114 |
114 |
115 |
NC |
7 |
7 |
7 |
NW |
80 |
80 |
171 |
WC |
119 |
119 |
38 |
National |
457 |
553 |
662 |
Source 1: 2015/16 Schools Master-list,
Source 2: PED’s Submissions
(b) The information on the number of remedial classrooms with trained educators is currently not available. It has been requested from the Provincial Education Departments and will be provided as soon as it is obtained.