The number of (a) Braille writers and (b) voice synthesisers that were (i) employed in each of the past three financial years are provided in the table below:
Province |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
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Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
|
EC |
49 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
FS |
117 |
55 |
117 |
55 |
165 |
65 |
GT |
71 |
44 |
46 |
18 |
0 |
12 |
KZN (this is for 1 school) |
17 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
44 |
4 |
LP |
532 |
0 |
425 |
0 |
281 |
0 |
MP |
15 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
NC |
20 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
NW |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
WC |
0 |
0 |
145 |
0 |
214 |
0 |
Total |
821 |
103 |
884 |
97 |
881 |
103 |
NB: The numbers for North West province are still being sourced.
The number of (a) Braille writers and (b) voice synthesisers that are (ii) currently employed in (aa) full service, (bb) special needs and (cc) mainstream school in each province, are represented in the table below:
Province |
Full service school |
Special schools |
Mainstream schools |
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Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
|
EC |
0 |
0 |
111 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
FS |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
GT |
0 |
12 |
116 |
61 |
1 |
1 |
KZN |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
LP |
0 |
0 |
1 238 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MP |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NW |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
WC |
0 |
0 |
214 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
0 |
12 |
1 710 |
63 |
1 |
1 |