Education
Question by:
Hon Khalid Sayed
Answered by:
Hon David Maynier
Question Number:
1
Question Body:
With regard to his Department’s plan to deliver an additional 26 000 places in the 2023 academic year:
- What is the number of (a) new schools, (b) additional classrooms and (c) mobile classrooms that were built in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 to date;
- (a) how realistic is this target and (b) what measures are in place to ensure that this target is achieved;
- with regard to his engagements with construction companies to work during the December holidays to ensure the delivery of the set target, (a) which companies have been engaged and (b) what was their feedback;
- whether trade unions have been engaged to get their buy-in; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
- whether the Department will be incurring extra costs due to overtime pay; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
- whether this has been budgeted for; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
1. The intervention at Fish Hoek High School was suspended pending a full investigation, following complaints from parents.
Please see attached the letter I sent to parents of the school on 4 November 2022.
Date:
Friday, November 18, 2022
