Annual Performance Plan 2013/14 - Department of Education

CAPITAL INVESTMENT, MAINTENANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN
Capital Investment
The Eastern Cape Department of Education has an infrastructure stock which comprises 6502 schools (including ECD centres but
excluding independent schools). These schools, many of which are old mud structure buildings, provide teaching spaces for just
over 1,95 million learners in the Province.
Over the past twelve years, the Department has made significant inroads into eradicating backlogs and improving physical conditions
at schools throughout the Province. There are, however, still substantial backlogs to be overcome as shown in the diagram below.
Eastern Cape;
Basic Safety;
R 9 806 163 992
Backlogs for each level of service
Eastern Cape;
Minimum
Functionality;
R 28 358 825 229
Eastern Cape;
Optimum
Functionality;
R 49 663 292 122
The challenge for the ten year period to 2014 is to address these backlogs bur at the same time allocate sufficient funding to
maintenance, thereby ensuring that facilities are conducive to quality teaching and learning. Furthermore, the re-alignment of
schools to conform to the national model of first stream Grades R– 7 and a second stream of Grades 8–12 needs to be
accommodated. This is further complicated by the migration of learners within and out of the province
Maintenance
The Department currently has 6502 public ordinary schools in the Province as noted earlier. These serve approximately 1,95 million
learners accommodated in 55 629 classrooms. The condition of these facilities is set out in the diagram below.
Total; C1; R 1 873
C1 C2 C3 C4
520 920; 3% Total; C2; R 6 433
182 340; 11%
Total; C4; R 10
990 181 270;
19%
Total; C3; R 39
511 915 970;
67%
Condition of all DoE assets
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