NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 676
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPERS: 19/04/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 12/2013)
Dr C P Mulder (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:â
1) How many new single medium schools were established for each of the 11
official languages
(a) in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011 and (iv) 2012 and (b) since 1
January 2013;
RESPONSE:
1. (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Table 1: Number of single medium schools for each of the 11 official
languages, from 2008 â 2012.
|Language|Number of single medium schools |New single medium schools |
|s | |Established |
| |2008 |
| |2009 |2010 |2011 |2012 |
|Afrikaan|6 |0 |13 |0 |
|s | | | | |
|English |52 |59 |101 |6 |
|IsiNdebe|0 |0 |0 |0 |
|le | | | | |
|IsiXhosa|0 |0 |0 |2 |
|IsiZulu |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Sepedi |0 |0 |4 |0 |
|Sesotho |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Setswana|0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Seswati |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Tshivend|0 |0 |0 |0 |
|a | | | | |
|Xitsonga|0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Total |58 |59 |118 |8 |
Source: Annual School Surveys from 2008 â 2012
Note1: Schools that did not responded to the survey from 2008 up until
2012 were declared closed.
(ii) (b) 2013 data is not available. Annual School Survey for 2013 is
being finalised.
(3) (a) how many new dual medium schools were established (i) in
(aa) 2009, (bb) 2010, (cc) 2011 and (dd) 2012 and (ii) since 1
January 2013 and (b) for which official languages in each case
is provision made at these schools;
RESPONSE: (3) (a) (i) (aa) (bb) (cc) (dd)
Table 3:Number of dual or parallel medium ordinary schools, from 2008
- 2012
|Languages |No of dual or parallel medium schools|New dual/parallel medium |
| | |schools Established |
| | |(Previously single medium |
| | |schools) |
| |2008 |
| |2009 |2010 |2011 |2012 |
|Afrikaans / |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Xitsonga | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |9 |4 |2 |
|English | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |5 |0 |0 |
|IsiZulu | | | | |
|Afrikaans |0 |0 |0 |1 |
|/IsiXhosa | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|IsiNdebele | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Tshivenda | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Sepedi | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |1 |0 |0 |
|Sesotho | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |4 |0 |1 |
|Setswana | | | | |
|Afrikaans / |0 |0 |1 |0 |
|Seswati | | | | |
|English / |0 |6 |0 |1 |
|Xitsonga | | | | |
|English / |0 |4 |0 |0 |
|IsiNdebele | | | | |
|English / |11 |3 |0 |0 |
|IsiXhosa | | | | |
|English / |6 |0 |0 |0 |
|Tshivenda | | | | |
|English / Sepedi |28 |4 |1 |5 |
|English / Sesotho|114 |12 |0 |0 |
|English / |18 |4 |3 |2 |
|Seswati | | | | |
|English / |82 |28 |0 |0 |
|Setswana | | | | |
|English / |11 |38 |6 |0 |
|IsiZulu | | | | |
|Total |270 |118 |15 |12 |
Source: Annual School Survey from 2008 â 2012
(5) whether pupils who have been affected by the closing of schools
have been placed in schools that provide tuition in the same
languages as the schools that have been closed; if not, (a) why
not and (b) how many pupils have found themselves in such a
situation? NW820E
RESPONSE: (5)
(5) the DBE does not collect statistics on how the Provincial
Education Departments deal with learners affected by the closure
of schools.