(1)(a) The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs AM Motshekga, MP, received reports in terms of Section 58B of the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 from the following provinces:
1. Free State;
2. Gauteng;
3. KwaZulu-Natal;
4. Mpumalanga;
5. Northern Cape;
6. North West; and
7. Western Cape.
(1)(b) The table below indicates the dates reports were received from Members of the Executive Council:
Nr |
Province |
Date submitted |
Free State |
22/04/15 |
|
Gauteng |
23/03/15 |
|
KwaZulu Natal |
16/06/15 |
|
Mpumalanga |
23/03/15 |
|
Northern Cape |
24/02/15 |
|
North West |
22/03/15 |
|
Western Cape |
24/02/15 |
|
(2)(a) The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs AM Motshekga, MP, after consultation with Council of Education Ministers (CEM) and Heads of Education Departments Committee (HEDCOM), issued a circular, Circular D1 of 2014, on 5 November 2014 to guide provinces on how to identify and manage underperforming schools.
A School is deemed to be underperforming if:
(2)(b) Provinces do not uniformly submit names of schools they have identified. Some provinces submitted the names of the underperforming schools while others just indicated the number of schools identified using the criteria above.
Attached at Annexures A1, A2, A3 and A4 are the lists of schools identified as underperforming in the 2014 academic year from the provinces that submitted the information.
(2)(c) Provinces complied with the guidance as provided in Section 58B of the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996, as well as the guidance provided by the Minister. The following are collective actions taken by the provinces when managing underperforming schools in the 2014 academic year: