Questions and Replies

The right of Members to put questions to Ministers is an important part of ensuring the executive authority’s accountability to the Provincial Parliament. Questions may be put to Ministers related to their spheres of responsibility. Replies to questions are either given orally in the House or in writing. The replies to oral questions are recorded in Hansard.

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Question Question Number Date Question Link

The proposed removal of deadlines for the completion of school infrastructure by national Minister Angie Motshekga will have a detrimental effect on much-needed schools:
(a) How will this affect the Western Cape Education Department (WCED);
(b) will WCED schools due for completion in 2022 be subjected to the national Minister’s disregard for deadlines?
 

 2 15 July 2022 13077

What are the details of schools that are scheduled for (a) maintenance and (b) renovations over the 2022 MTEF period, including (i) a detailed list of schools, (ii) the work that will take place and (iii) when the maintenance and/or renovations will commence?

 1 15 July 2022 13076

(a) What (i) informs the decision to build new schools in the province and (ii) criteria are used to determine the location of a new school, (b) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details, including the names and locations, of the schools that are planned for development over the next 10 years in the province, (c) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the schools that are in the planning phase of development in the province and (iii) when will they be completed and (d) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the schools that will be completed and handed over during the 2022/23 MTEF period?

 5 8 July 2022 13075
  1. (a) How many facility boards have been established at the latest date for which information is available following the enactment of the Western Cape Facility Boards and Committees Act, Act 4 of 2016, and (b) what are the details of each of these facility boards;

 

  1. whether the members of the boards and committees have received induction training; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether any of the boards and committees has conducted in-situ inspections to assess the state of facilities; if so, what were the recommendation;

 

whether her Department has acted on these recommendations; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 9 December 2016 13074
  1. Whether all schools in the province elected their school governing bodies (SGBs); if not, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether her Department has conducted induction and training for the members of the SGBs about their mandate and responsibilities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether SGB members receive attendance certificates after the completion of the induction or training workshops; if not, why not;

 

  1. whether SGB members conduct school visits and observe the running of schools without obstructing teaching and learning; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;

 

  1. whether her Department has developed a reporting template for school visits by SGB members; if not; why not; if so; what are the relevant details;

 

whether her Department has a process to deal with recommendations from the SGBs; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 1 15 December 2016 13073

In the light of the above-inflation increase (9,93%) in the 2017 school fees at the Grove Primary School, an increase which was approved by a majority of only one parent at the budget meeting held on 26 September 2016, whether she can provide a detailed breakdown of the salaries paid to non-Western Cape Education Department (WCED) staff members (academic and non-academic), as well as of all amounts paid by the school to WCED staff members in addition to their departmental salaries for the 2016 academic year?

 1 18 November 2016 13072

(a) What physical infrastructure and human resource infrastructure are being put in place at the Weltevrede Primary School for the learners of the Vleiplaas Primary School once the Vleiplaas Primary School is closed down and (b) what are the time frames?

 2 8 July 2022 13071

Whether there are any coordinating mechanisms between the Department of Human Settlements, the Department of Local Government and his Department regarding the accessibility for persons with disabilities when it comes to the building of RDP houses; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 18 November 2016 13070

Whether his Department has a provincial Child Protection Strategy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 2 18 November 2016 13069

Whether his Department has a regional database for foster-care parents; if so, what norms and standard have his Department put in place?

 1 18 November 2016 13068

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