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687 WEDNESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2008
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Ms Mandisa Hela
Registrar of the Medicine Control Council’’
Use of fabricated classrooms
1662. Mr G G BOINAMO (DA) asked the
Minister of Education:
(a) As at 30 August 2008, (i) how many
prefabricated classrooms were in use in
schools and (ii) what was the estimated
shortage of classrooms in each province;
(b) what is the estimated cost of providing
these classrooms; and (c) what amount
has each province budgeted for building
classrooms in the latest financial year for
which information is available?
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The MINISTER OF EDUCATION:
(a) (i) Table 1: Fabricated classrooms in
use in each province
Province
Number of
ordinary schools
Number of
fabricated
classrooms
Eastern Cape 774 5,290
Free State 232 1,280
Gauteng 488 3,565
KwaZulu-Natal 421 2,070
Limpopo 130 509
Mpumalanga 144 978
North West 124 544
Northern Cape 153 1,266
Western Cape 494 4,933
Total 2,960 20,435
Source: NEIMS as assessed during 2006 as
at 30 August 2008.
(a) (ii)
Table 2: Estimated shortage
Shortage based on 2008
Province
learner enrollment and the
number of classrooms as
at 20 June 2008
Eastern Cape 10 600
Province
Shortage based on 2008
learner enrollment and the
number of classrooms as
at 20 June 2008
Free State 1 603
Gauteng 5 649
KwaZulu-Natal 9 139
Limpopo 4 644
Mpumalanga 4 173
North West 1 581
Northern Cape 993
Western Cape 4 354
Total 42 736
Source: EMIS, 2008.
(b) The estimated cost of providing these
classrooms is 42 746 × R250 000,
(c)
which amounts to R10 686 500.
The number of classrooms per province
to be built during the 2008-09 financial
year at an estimated cost of R250 000
per classroom is:
Province
New classrooms
to be built in
2008-09
Estimated cost of
new classrooms
to be built in
2008-09
Eastern Cape 681 170 250 000
Free State 271 67 750 000
Gauteng 784 196 000 000
KwaZulu-Natal 2,000 500 000 000
Limpopo 262 65 500 000
Mpumalanga 290 72,500 000
North West 432 108 000 000
Northern Cape 28 7 000 000
Western Cape 252 63 000 000
Total 5 000 1 250 000 000
Department’s annual reports
1703. Mr R COETZEE (DA) asked the
Minister of Health:
In respect of the 2006-07 and 2007-08
annual reports of her department and the
annual reports of each statutory and other
entity reporting to her, (a) what was the (i)
budgeted cost, (ii) actual cost and (iii) unit