NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 536
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 22/03/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 09/2013)
Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether any plans exist at the (a) national or (b) provincial level
to remove Art from the school curriculum as an elective subject
examinable via the National Senior Certificate examinations; if so,
(i) why and (ii) what are the details of such plans? NW693E
REPLY:
There are no plans by the Department of Basic Education to remove any of
the Arts subjects from the school curriculum, either at national or
provincial level. Currently some schools (FET Schools) in South Africa are
implementing the Arts Field National Curriculum Statements in Grades 10-12
as approved subjects of the organising fields of the NQF. These are
Dramatic Arts, Dance Studies, Music, Design, and Visual Arts, and they are
examinable through the National Senior Certificate.