Education
With reference to her reply to question 3 of 18 March 2022:
(a) How many special needs schools are there in the province, (b)(i) how many NPOs are running special needs schools or special care centres and (ii) do they receive any funding to do so and (c) of the total number of learners who attend special needs schools, how many children are there in each category of special needs in each school?
[a] There are 74 special needs schools in the province.
[b] [i] There are 63 registered Special Care Centres [SCCs] for children with severe and profound intellectual disability that are run by NPOs.
[ii] They receive funding from the Department of Health and/or Department of Social Development. The Department of Social Development and/or Department of Health provide subsidies to Special Care Centres based on the number of children in the SCCs.
The National Conditional Grant for Learners with Profound Intellectual Disability funds the services rendered by six multi-disciplinary outreach teams based at WCED Special Schools. The Conditional Grant also funds Learning and Teaching Support Material [LTSM] including assistive devices; ICT as well as training of staff in Special Care Centres.
[c] The breakdown of children in each category of special needs in each school is as follows:
|
Name of school |
Type of SEN programme |
2022 Learner enrolment |
|
Agape |
Cerebral Palsy |
183 |
|
Agulhas |
School of Skills |
351 |
|
Alpha |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
128 |
|
Alta du toit |
Severe intellectual disability |
368 |
|
Astra |
Cerebral Palsy |
154 |
|
Athlone |
Blind |
296 |
|
Atlantis SOS |
School of skills |
339 |
|
Axios SOS |
School of skills |
436 |
|
Batavia SOS |
School of skills |
510 |
|
Beacon |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
275 |
|
Bel Porto |
Severe intellectual disability |
245 |
|
Bet-el SOS |
School of skills |
435 |
|
Bishops SOS |
School of skills |
328 |
|
Blouvlei |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
145 |
|
Breede Valley |
School of skills |
240 |
|
CAFDA SOS |
School of skills |
304 |
|
Carel du Toit Centre |
Deaf |
110 |
|
Carpe Diem |
Severe intellectual disability |
372 |
|
Chere Botha |
Severe intellectual disability |
298 |
|
De Grendel SOS |
School of skills |
443 |
|
De la bat |
Deaf |
174 |
|
Seven Steps Academy |
Deaf |
92 |
|
Dominican Wittebome |
Deaf |
230 |
|
Dorothea |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
257 |
|
Eden |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
184 |
|
Eljada-Kairos |
Severe intellectual disability |
272 |
|
Eros |
Cerebral Palsy |
329 |
|
Filia |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
207 |
|
Florida |
School of Skills |
275 |
|
Glenbridge |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
217 |
|
Graafwater |
School of Skills |
188 |
|
Groote Schuur Hospital |
Hospital |
60 |
|
Jan Kriel |
Specific Learning Disability |
511 |
|
Karitas |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
198 |
|
Khayelitsha |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
399 |
|
Langerug |
Specific Learning Disability |
163 |
|
Lathi-tha SOS |
School of skills |
454 |
|
Lentegeur |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
237 |
|
Lentegeur Sonstraal |
Hospital |
20 |
|
Ligstraal |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
271 |
|
Maitland Cottage Home |
Hospital |
60 |
|
Mary Harding |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
304 |
|
Mary Kihn |
Deaf |
118 |
|
Mispah |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
100 |
|
Mitchell's plain |
School of skills |
616 |
|
Molenbeek Brooklyn |
Hospital |
20 |
|
Molenbeek |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
173 |
|
Noluthando |
Deaf |
293 |
|
Nompumelelo |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
313 |
|
Nuwe hoop |
Deaf |
91 |
|
School of skills |
209 |
|
|
Oasis |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
263 |
|
Ocean View |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
106 |
|
Olympia SOS |
School of skills |
508 |
|
Oudtshoorn SOS |
School of skills |
251 |
|
Paarl SOS |
School of skills |
410 |
|
Paarl |
Cerebral Palsy |
321 |
|
Pionier |
Blind |
118 |
|
Pionier Brewelskloof |
Hospital |
20 |
|
Red Cross Children's Hospital |
Hospital |
0 |
|
Riebeeck Vallei SOS |
School of skills |
391 |
|
Robinhill |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
214 |
|
Rusthof |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
279 |
|
Silverstream SOS |
School of skills |
221 |
|
Siviwe SOS |
School of skills |
557 |
|
St. Joseph's |
Severe Intellectual Disability |
210 |
|
Steinthal SOS |
School of skills |
404 |
|
Tafelberg |
Specific Learning Disability |
362 |
|
Tembaletu |
Physical Disability |
184 |
|
Tygerberg hospital |
Hospital |
70 |
|
Van Kervel SOS |
School of skills |
537 |
|
Vera |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
178 |
|
Vista Nova |
Cerebral palsy |
435 |
|
Wellington SOS |
School of skills |
425 |
|
Weskus SOS |
School of skills |
465 |
|
Westcliff SOS |
School of skills |
629 |
|
Herbert Street |
Autism spectrum disorder |
80 |
