Response: (1)(a) (i) (ii)
Table 1: Number of (i) deaf and hard of hearing learners, by province, in 2018
Province |
Deaf (i) |
Hard of Hearing (ii) |
Grand Total |
Eastern Cape |
722 |
1 819 |
2 541 |
Free State |
364 |
285 |
649 |
Gauteng |
1 305 |
510 |
1 815 |
KwaZulu Natal |
1 359 |
1 090 |
2 449 |
Limpopo |
494 |
189 |
683 |
Mpumalanga |
191 |
138 |
329 |
North West |
290 |
88 |
378 |
Northern Cape |
98 |
46 |
144 |
Western Cape |
935 |
219 |
1 154 |
Grand Total |
5 758 |
4 384 |
10 142 |
Source: 2018 LURITS II
(1)(b) The data on the number of deaf and/or hard-of-hearing learners who may have been denied access to education due to the lack of resources is not available at the Department of Basic Education and should be solicited from Provincial Education Departments (PEDs).
(2) Deaf learners in Mpumalanga are accommodated in the following five (5) schools:
(3) The information about the date for the envisaged building of a school for Deaf and/or hard-of –hearing learners should be obtained from a province as schools are established by the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for education in the province.