NATONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES

FOR ORAL REPLY

QUESTION 57

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 06/04/2011

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11/2011)

Mr M J R de Villiers (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

With regard to her department’s plans to (a) eradicate 395 mud-schools, (b) provide 1 370 schools with water supply, (c) provide 536 schools with sanitation and (d) supply 1 434 schools with electricity, (i) in which provinces are these schools where these services will be delivered, (ii) what is the budget allocation for each delivery of these services and (iii) how many jobs will be created in each province in the 2011-12 financial year in each case?                       CO242E

Response:

(a)   Eradication of 395 mud schools:

                    i.    All these schools are in the Eastern Cape province;

                   ii.    Verification of mud schools is ongoing, but for 2011/12 financial year an amount of R420 million has been set aside to replace mud schools.

                 iii.   Jobs to be created will be quantified once implementation plans have been finalized by the Implementing Agents.

(b)   Provision of 1370 schools with water supply:

                    i.    All nine provinces will benefit from the programme;

                   ii.    Verification of water backlog is ongoing, but for 2011/12 financial year an amount of R94,397 million has been set aside for water supply;

                  iii.    Jobs to be created will be quantified once implementation plans have been finalized by the Implementing Agents.

(c)   Provision of 536 schools with sanitation:

                    i.    All nine provinces will benefit from the programme;

                   ii.    Verification of sanitation backlog is ongoing, but for 2011/12 financial year an amount of R119,152 million has been set aside for sanitation;

                  iii.    Jobs to be created will be quantified once implementation plans have been finalized by the Implementing Agents.

(d)   Supply of electricity to 1434 schools:

                    i.    All nine provinces will benefit from the programme;

                   ii.    Verification of electricity backlog is ongoing, but for 2011/12 financial year an amount of R66,451 million has been set aside for electricity;

                  iii.    Jobs to be created will be quantified once implementation plans have been finalized by the Implementing Agents.