FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1220
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 16-2009)
Mr J Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Whether she will consider revising or changing the current Morkel
model used to determine the number of educators allocated per school; if
not, why not; if so, (a) how will it be revised and (b) when will a
revised model be in place;
(2) whether she will consider giving relief to principals and School
Management Team (SMT) members so that they will have free periods to
allow them to complete the increasing amount of administrative work
expected of them; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
(1) The current post distribution model, that the member refers to as the
âMorkel modelâ, is merely a tool to distribute posts to schools, given
an available budget. The available budget is appropriated via the
Provincial Legislature.
Yes, I am in the process of considering an alternative model â
a) which will distribute posts according to actual class size per
grade per subject; the size of the school; curriculum requirements
with regard to learner contact time per week, per phase per
subject; language needs per grade; ensure that each phase has a
post irrespective of the number of learners and lastly that
schools serving the poorest learners are allocated proportionally
more posts.
b) Currently the model is being piloted to determine its impact on
the current system as well as its financial implications.
The Council of Education Ministers (CEM), will in their meeting of 1
and 2 October 2009 consider a report on the testing of the model and
consider recommendations on the outcomes made to it by the Heads of
Education Committee (HEDCOM).
(2) The draft revised model will provide for the Principal of a school to
be relieved from teaching, however the option to teach or not will be
left to the individual Principal concerned. As for the remaining
members of management, they will still be required to teach the
required number of hours. If the post allocation to a school is
managed correctly on the timetable of a school, then sufficient time
could be made available for administrative duties.
Compiler: Firoz Y Patel
Ext: 6082
DIRECTOR -GENERAL
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QUESTION 1220 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
MS MA MOTSHEKGA, MP
MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATIO N
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