2024-w541 - 18 March 2024

Sophie Suzan Thembekwayo to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether she intends establishing any national policy regarding almost 3 500 cases of governing bodies that are allegedly involved in theft, fraud and extortion, in cahoots with school principals; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 18 Mar 2024

The Department has measures in place to deal with a principal or SGB that conducts theft, fraud or extortion that are linked to a school. Should there be a school(s) that is/are alleged to have been involved in such and not dealt with, the Department requests for names of such and the related allegation(s).

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2024-w394 - 15 March 2024

Nombuyiselo Gladys Adoons to ask the Minister of Basic Education

What (a) is the extent of functionality of the Quality Learning and Teaching Committee structures and (b) total number of the specified structures have been established in schools?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 15 Mar 2024

(a)  All provinces have established QLTC structures, with the exception of the Western Cape Province.  Functionality is informed by programmes that are implemented in each province.  The DBE has shared programmes for implementation through the Provincial QLTC structures and the District QLTC Structures.  

The challenge is that where QLTCs have not been established, they have not been incorporated as part of the SGBs. ...

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2024-w590 - 15 March 2024

Leonard Jones Basson to ask the Minister of Basic Education

With reference to her reply to question 103 on 22 February 2023, what are the details of the (a) make, (b) model, (c) year of manufacture, (d) date of purchase and (e) purchase price paid for each vehicle purchased by her department for (i) her and (ii) the Deputy Minister since 8 May 2019?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 15 Mar 2024

There were no new vehicles purchased by the department for the Minister and Deputy Minister since 8 may 2019. The Deputy Minister vehicle was the last to be acquired on 13 December 2018, refer to the detail information below. 

 

What is the (a) make

        (i) Mrs AM Motshekga, MP Minister

  1. BMW                                          
  2. Mercedes Benz              

        (ii) Dr MR Mhaule MP Deputy Minister  

  1. BMW  ...
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2024-w395 - 15 March 2024

Bafuze Sicelo Yabo to ask the Minister of Basic Education

What (a) is the total number of inappropriate and unsafe ablution facilities and (b) progress has her department made in replacing such inappropriate and unsafe facilities?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 15 Mar 2024

(a) What is the total number of inappropriate and unsafe ablution facilities?

  1. In 2018, the Department of Basic Education launched the Sanitation Appropriate For Education (SAFE-2018) initiative. 
  2. This programme initially identified 3 898 schools dependent on basic pit toilets.  Additional 809 were identified during the process of monitoring.
  3. 867 schools did not proceed to implementation, after initial assessment, because they either had appropriate sanitation facilities, OR ...
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2024-w359 - 15 March 2024

Rosina Ntshetsana Komane to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Whether all leaners have been placed in schools for the 2024 academic year; if not, (a) what (i) is the status of learners who were not placed in schools at the beginning of the 2024 school year, (ii) total number of learners are still awaiting placement and (iii) are the reasons that learners have not yet been placed and (b) on what date is it envisaged that all learners will be placed in schools; if so, what are the full, relevant details in this regard?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 15 Mar 2024

Learners of parents who accepted placements as allocated by PEDs are in schools. Entry grades learners have been placed.

(a)(i) A majority of learners was placed during the school closing of 2023.  PEDs continued to place learners at the beginning of 2024 school year, especially those that were not part of the admitting province.

(a)(ii)  The statistics of these learners are changing on a ...

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2024-w404 - 15 March 2024

Brian Sindile Madlingozi to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)       In view of the high incidence of lawlessness and violence in schools, such as at J G Meiring High School and Primrose Primary School, and considering the fact that provincial education departments are in the process of appointing school governing bodies, what are her department’s plans to ensure that the school governing bodies (SGBs) that will be elected will enhance the safety and security of the learners and teachers at schools across the Republic; (2) what plans does her department have in place to ensure the newly elected SGBs will contribute to policy and decision making that will transform and/or decolonise our education landscape, since her department has over the years devalued it and made it inferior among the world’s standards?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 15 Mar 2024

The DBE will work with PEDs to ensure the implementation of section 19 of SASA, which expects of the PEDs to have a programme to train SGBs.  Part of the training! will be on keeping schools safe for learners and teachers.

The DBE will ensure the implementation of section 18A of SASA, which expects of PEDs to have in place a Code of Conduct of the School ...

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2024-w271 - 08 March 2024

Sibongiseni Ngcobo to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Considering that a 2021 Statistics South African report revealed that approximately one million learners nationwide experienced violence, corporal punishment and/or verbal abuse at school and that, shockingly, 71% of the affected learners were between eight and 10 years old, what measures has her department implemented since then to ensure the safety of both learners and teachers in schools?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 8 Mar 2024

The Department of Basic Education have a number of ongoing strategies and programmes to curb violence in schools, including the following:

1.    National School Safety Framework
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Provincial Education Departments continue to implement the National School Safety Framework (NSSF), which is a guiding framework in addressing all forms of violent incidences in schools including drug abuse. The NSSF ...

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2024-w265 - 05 March 2024

Wynand Johannes Boshoff to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)       Whether, with reference to her reply to question 4118 on 18 December 2023, she will indicate what timeline her department is considering for (a) public comment and (b) the consideration of comments for the (i) Protocol for the Elimination of Unfair Discrimination in Schools and (ii) Guidelines for the Socio-educational Inclusion of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics in Schools; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (2) whether she will furnish Dr W J Boshoff with a list of names of the (a) individuals consulted and (b) management of each of the 15 engagement platforms of stakeholders mentioned in the specified reply; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 5 Mar 2024

(1)The consultations happened over a period of the last two years with 15 platforms of engagement that are coordinated by 15 different Secretariates, internally and externally. 

(2) The requested information will be collated and made available to the Honourable Member as soon as possible. 

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2024-w374 - 05 March 2024

Annacleta Mathapelo Siwisa to ask the Minister of Basic Education

In light of the increasing number of learners who commit suicide due to being exposed to bullying, both on and off school premises, either by schoolmates, classmates or even staff members, what urgent steps of intervention, excluding awareness campaigns, has her department taken to deal with bullying in schools?

Reply from the Minister of Basic Education on 5 Mar 2024

1. National School Safety Framework

The Department in collaboration with Provincial Education Departments, has continued to train schools on the implementation of the National School Safety Framework (NSSF) which is a guiding framework in addressing all forms of violent incidences in schools including bullying. The NSSF empowers schools to identify and manage all safety threats in schools, establish school safety committees comprising of stakeholders ...

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2024-w329 - 01 March 2024

Leonard Jones Basson to ask the Minister of Basic Education

What are the full details of all (a) sponsorships, (b) donations and (c) financial transfers provided for lawfare and/or any other purposes to (i) her, (ii) her department and (iii) officials of her department by any (aa) Qatari, (bb) Iranian and/or (cc) Russian organ of state, organisation and/or resident since 1 January 2021 up to the latest date in 2024 for which information is available?
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