NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 391
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 03/08/2012
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20/2012
Mr S H Plaatjie (COPE-NW) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether all the Grade R learners in all provinces have access to
educational toys at school; if not, why not; if so, who are the service
providers in each province ? CW496E
Reply:
The Department of Basic Education does not collect information on whether
all Grade R classes in schools have access to educational toys, which is
the responsibility of the provinces.
Procurement of learning and teaching support material is a provincial
competency, therefore the Department of Basic Education does not have any
information about service providers used by the provinces.