FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1067
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 12-2009)
Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether transport has been provided for learners in each specified
province in each of the three most recent financial years; if not, why
not; if so, (a) what was the total budget allocated for transport, (b)
which transport providers were awarded tenders to provide transport,
(c) what was the value of each of the tenders, (d) how many learners
were provided with transport in terms of each of these tenders and (e)
what criteria do learners need to comply with in order to qualify for
transport? NW1328E
REPLY:
(a) Yes, learner transport has been provided to the specified provinces and
the budget allocated in the three financial years is as indicated in the
table below:
|Provincial Education Department |
|Scholar Transport |
|Province |CURRENT |2008 MTEF |Â |Â |
|Â |2007/2008 |2008/2009 |2009/2010 |2010/2011 |
|Â |R'000 |R'000 |R'000 |R'000 |
|Eastern Cape| 257 732 | 250 000 | 231 000 | 622 033 |
|Free State | 37 500 | 40 800 | 44 800 |Â - |
|Gauteng | 46 165 | 34 080 | 91 307 | 37 754 |
|KwaZulu-Nata|- |49000 | 87 000 | 139 940 |
|l | | | | |
|Limpopo | 44 000 | 44 500 | 44 500 | 48 401 |
|Mpumalanga | 145 269 | 157 670 | 164 718 | 185 380 |
|Northern | 52 051 | 61 915 | 74 316 | 91 110 |
|Cape | | | | |
|North West |Â - | 68 445 | 75 000 | 80 000 |
|Western Cape| 100 241 | 105 253 | 112 439 | 140 629 |
|TOTAL | 682 958 | 811 663 | 925 080 |1 345 247 |
Where no amounts reflected, the figures are not available.
(b) Procurement is a provincial competence and as a result the Department
of Education does not have this information on hand.
(c ) See (b) above
(d) See (b) above
(e) Each province determines its own criteria as to who qualifies for
transport. In terms of the National Norms and Standards for School Funding.
Poor learners should be provided with hostel facilities if they live more
than one and half hours walking distance from the nearest available school,
and therefore each province determines its own criteria as to who qualifies
for transport if the travelling distance to their nearest available school
is less than one and half hours walking distance
Compiler: Mr R Mafoko
Ext: X6084
DIRECTOR -GENERAL
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QUESTION 1067 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
MS MA MOTSHEKGA, MP
MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATIO N
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