NATIONAL COUNCIL PF PROVINCES
FOR ORAL REPLY
QUESTION 58 (No. 230)
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 08/05/2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11/2011)
230. Ms D Z Rantho (ANC-EC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Whether her department keeps a record of the schools across the
country that receive scholar transport; if not, why not; if so,
what is the total number of these schools;
(2) whether all the schools in the provinces with learners who need
scholar transport receive such transport; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details? CO302E
Response:
1) Yes. The Department keeps record of schools that receive learner
transport from reports provided by Provincial Education Departments.
Currently the total number of schools receiving learner transport is
2384.
2) According to records received from provinces all learners in schools
that applied for learner transport are being transported except for
those that reside within the minimum distance from the nearest
appropriate school as determined per province.
