NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 453
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 23/09/2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 30/2011)
Mr S H Plaatjie (COPE-NW) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) With reference to her speech at the 93rd National Teachersâ
Union annual conference in Empangeni, (a) which specified
schools have been managed by unqualified principals since 1994
up to the latest specified date for which information is
available and (b) in which province is each specified school
situated;
(2) whether any of the specified schools have experienced teacher
absenteeism; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
what are the relevant details;
(3) (a) why did her department fail to employ qualified principals
in each school and (b) when will her department employ qualified
principals in each school? CW554E
REPLY :
1)
(a) With reference to the address at the National Teachersâ Union
(NATU) 93rd
Annual Conference at Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, the Minister of
Basic Educationâs speech made no mention of schools managed by
unqualified principals.
(b) N/A
(2) With reference to the response in (1) above, question (2) does not
apply.
(3) (a) N/A
(b) N/A