Department of Basic Education


		School infrastructure comes under the spotlight at the National Council of Provinces A huge budget has been put aside this year for the development of school infrastructure across the country. The development of school infrastructure took centre stage in parliament when the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, tabled her budget vote in the National Council of Provinces. That came a week after she delivered the budget to the National Assembly. Read more...
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		NEEDU report launched The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, has welcomed a report by the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) hailing it as a confirmation that the Department was directing its interventions in the right areas. Read more...
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		Minister Motshekga's response to Equal Education Read Minister Motshekga's letter to Equal Education regarding the Regulations relating to minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure.
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		Basic Education Budget Vote Speech The overall budget for 2013/14 for the Department of Basic Education is R17.592 billion. Last year it was R16.344 billion. This is an increase of R1.248 billion. This confirms government’s commitment to education. The budget allocation to Provincial Education Departments is R173.454 billion. It will reach R199.624 billion in 2015/16. Read more...
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		Deputy Minister conducts school visits in North West Province Efforts are underway to address the concerns of parents in the Madikwe region of the North West Province in relation to the provision of quality education. This comes after Deputy Minister Enver Surty was in the region to conduct school visits and engage in educational fact finding with parents in the area. Deputy Minister Surty visited three schools in the area, just 40 kilometres outside of Rustenburg. Read more...
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		Minister Motshekga’s open letter to SADTU On the 24^th of April 2013, the teacher union SADTU, supported by COSATU, held protest marches in Cape Town and in Pretoria, to make demands on the Department of Basic Education and the government. I do not intend going into the details of their grievances nor do I have any inclination to debate the merits or demerits of their protest action. Read more...