NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 305
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 07/03/2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 05/2014)
Mr A M Mpontshane (IFP) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) When will the (a) Moleketla Primary School, (b) Khethapoye
Primary School, (c) Thaphane Primary School, (d) Modumela
Secondary School, (e) Kabelo Secondary School and (f)
Moremotse Secondary School in Limpopo receive textbooks;
(2) what are the reasons for the shortages of textbooks in
Limpopo? NW358E
RESPONSE:
1) . The Limpopo Department of Education procured textbooks from publishers
for Grades 7, 8, 9 and 12, for Grades 4, 5, 6 Xitsonga, Natural Sciences
and Technology, for Grades 10 Afrikaans and for Grades 11 Afrikaans-
Second Additional Language and Agricultural Management Practices. The
above mentioned CAPS materials have been delivered to the schools
highlighted in question (1).
2) . The reason for shortages is due to the late reporting of additional
textbooks required by schools as a resultof inward and outward migration
of learners. In some cases,schools have not informed the Limpopo
Department of Education of shortages experienced at school level. Most of
the current shortages experienced by schools relate to top ups of
textbooks for Grades1-3, Grades 4-6 as well as Grades 10 and 11 which
were procured and delivered in 2012 and the earlier part of 2013. The
poor retrieval of textbooks is also a causal effect for the textbook
shortages.