Education

Question by:

Hon Khalid Sayed

Answered by:

Hon Debbie Schäfer

Question Number:

3

Question Body:

With regard to reported discrimination against black learners at the Rondebosch Boys’ High School:

(1) (a) What measures are in place to deal with the slow process of transformation at the Rondebosch Boy’s High School and all other former Model C schools in the province and (b) what measures are in place to curb discriminatory practices against black learners;

(2) (a) what are the (i) employment equity statistics and (ii) targets for the school and (b) what is the breakdown by (i) job description and (ii) rank;

(3) whether the school and other former Model C schools have employment equity targets; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the details of this for each school, (b) how are they enforceable and (c) what are the consequences for not achieving the targets?

Answer Body:

[1]

[a] The school has an appointed a Head of Civic and Social Responsibility who addresses aspects of social cohesion and transformation at the school.

The school has been on a positive process of transformation over the last number of years and continues to engage with the relevant roleplayers regarding the development of certain policies and procedures to support this journey.

[b] Please find attached the anti-racism policy of August 2020, the policy on bullying and discrimination of August 2018 [to be reviewed in August 2022], the Code of Conduct of December 2021, and details of the Civic and Social Responsibility portfolio as contained in document entitled “Civics and social responsibility”.

[2] [a] [i] See attached recruitment and selection policy for SGB staff appointed at Rondebosch Boys’ High School, and their Employment Equity plan.

The WCED applies the Personnel Administrative Measures [PAM] published in Government Gazette No. 39684 of 12 February 2016 for the appointment of teachers.

The employment equity targets are derived from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, published by Statistics South Africa [Stats SA].

[b] Staff employed by the WCED:

	Job Description	Nr	Rank	Nr
Teacher	Departmental Head	4	Departmental Head	4
	Deputy Principal	1	Deputy Principal	1
	Principal P3	1	Principal P3	1
	Teacher	10	Teacher	17
	Teacher Master	5
	Teacher Senior	2
Public Service	Admin Clerk	2	Agricul + Support SR2	1
	General Assistant	2	Agricul + Support SR3	2
	General Foreman	1	Health and Support SR2	4
	Household Aid	5	Health and Support SR3	1
	Housekeeper Supervisor Senior	1	Health and Support SR4	2
	Housekeeping Supervisor	2	Health and Support SR4	1
			Line Function + Support SR5	2