Memorandum from the Parliamentary Office
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2786
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 07/08/2015
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 28 OF 2015)
Mrs J D Kilian (ANC) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training:
1) With reference to the expectations that the Technical and Vocational
Education and Training college (TVET) sector has to expand significantly,
(a) how long has the Mitchellâs Plain campus of the False Bay TVET
college been sharing facilities with the high school in Mitchellâs Plain
and (b) what are the relevant details of his departmentâs future
infrastructure plan for the expansion of the specified college;
2) whether his department has considered the proposal presented by the
False Bay TVET College Council for the acquisition of the Swartklip site
situated between Khayelitsha and Mitchellâs Plain; if not, why not; if
so,
3) whether any formal negotiations have been entered into with the current
owner, the Airports Company of South Africa; if not, why not;
4) whether his department has made budgetary provision in the medium term
for the necessary infrastructure roll-out of a campus to serve the
community of Mitchellâs Plain; if not, why not; if so, what are the
relevant details?
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REPLY:
1) (a) False Bay Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
College commenced renting and sharing the facilities of Portlands
Primary School from 1 April 2004 until the end of 2006.
The operations were then relocated to Spine Road High School from 1
January 2007 to date. The demand has outgrown the facilities and the
college has secured 17 classrooms at Khanya School for usage from
January 2016. The headcount enrolment at the Mitchellâs Plain site in
2014 was 1Â 149, with the additional facilities secured at Khanya
School, the college will be able to accommodate approximately 1 500
students in 2016. The education activities at the Mitchellâs Plain
campus will be delivered from two sites in 2016.
(b) The Department had identified the need for expansion of
infrastructure for both the Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha campuses
in 2011. The requirement has been included in the Departmentâs
infrastructure planning and funding bids to National Treasury each
year. The process that the Department follows is that all funding
secured is mapped against the identified demands and basis of
prioritisation. This process is informed by factors such as current
available facilities and level of such, pool of potential students
and finally the Provincial Indices of Multiple Poverty. In this
regard, priority had to be given to sites in other provinces that are
listed on a higher level of priority. The funding requirement of
False Bay TVET College is still active on the Departmentâs
infrastructure funding list.
2) False Bay TVET College presented its proposal for the establishment
of a campus at the Swartklip Denel site at a meeting, which was
chaired by my Deputy Minister on 14 January 2014. I, together
with the Department, have since been playing an active role in
assisting the college to secure the site. The site is ideally placed
to provide access to both the Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha areas.
3) False Bay TVET College, supported by the Department, has been in
active dialogue with Denel and the Department of Public Enterprises.
Recently, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has shown an
interest in purchasing the Swartklip site. To date the college has
had two meetings on 29 July 2015 and 5 August 2015 with ACSA in order
to ensure that our interests are taken into consideration in the
process of acquiring the site from Denel. The Department will be
approaching the Minister of Transport in order to secure support for
the college, as ACSA resides under the Department of Transport.
4) The Department works on the basis of prioritised infrastructure
support and available funding. In light of the current fiscal climate
and the Departmentâs steadfastness to complete its infrastructure
commitments in areas that have high poverty rankings, it is not
possible to make a budgetary provision in the current Medium Term
Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The Department will however explore
innovative means to assist with the refurbishment of the Swartklip
site once funding has been secured.
Compiler/Contact persons:
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DIRECTOR â GENERAL
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Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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