Education
Question by:
Hon Deidré Baartman
Answered by:
Hon David Maynier
Question Number:
3
Question Body:
(a) How many textbooks have been ordered from contracted publishers for the 2023 school year, (b) how many of these have been delivered to schools ahead of the commencement of the 2023 school year and (c) what was the cost of these textbooks?
Answer Body:
3. My department has informed me of the following:
(a) 367 255 textbooks were ordered from contracted publishers for textbooks requisitioned via the CEMIS online system during our annual textbook ordering period in May 2022, to address school readiness for the 2023 school year.
(b) Full delivery of the textbooks ordered by schools during this period was finalised to schools by 27 October 2022.
(c) The expenditure incurred was R49 877 108.74
Date:
Friday, March 24, 2023
