Question NW2278 to the Minister of Basic Education
02 October 2018 - NW2278
Hugo, Mr RT to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) amount in funding did her department allocate to eradicate pit latrine toilets at schools in each province (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018 and (b) number of schools in each province still make use of pit latrine toilets as at the latest specified date for which information is available?
Reply:
(a)(i)(ii). The DBE does not allocate funding for specific sub programmes on the provincial infrastructure programme funded through the Education Infrastructure Grant and the equitable share. Provinces are allocated funding based on approved User Asset Management Plans and PED’s allocate funding to sub programmes. On the ASIDI programme, the table below indicates the budget allocated to sanitation projects per province.
Table 1: ASIDI Expenditure on sanitation projects.
|
Province |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
|
EC |
R62,330,603 |
R59,606,644 |
R65,180,090 |
R58,576,264 |
|
FS |
|
|
R9,767,708 |
|
|
KZN |
R35,381,425 |
R49,221,256 |
R23,747,468 |
R1,302,244 |
|
LIM |
R10,361,152 |
R84,688,051 |
R251,509,822 |
R62,851,525 |
|
MPU |
R26,972,511 |
R79,970,983 |
R1,779,464 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total |
R135,045,691 |
R273,486,934 |
R351,984,552 |
R122,730,033 |
Table 2: ASIDI Allocation to sanitation in the current financial year
|
Row Labels |
Planned Expenditure 2018/2019 |
|
EC |
R803,270,651 |
|
KZN |
R50,339,526 |
|
LIM |
R297,844,277 |
|
Grand Total |
R1,151,454,454 |
(b)The table below indicates the number of schools with pit latrines that are not in the current year’s project plans. This is as per the sanitation audit conducted in May/June 2018.
Table 3: Schools with pit latrines.
|
Schools with pit latrines ONLY and Unacceptable sanitation |
School with proper sanitation but pits not demolished |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
1598 |
323 |
|
Free State |
156 |
42 |
|
Gauteng |
0 |
5 |
|
KwaZulu Natal |
1365 |
1477 |
|
Limpopo |
507 |
853 |
|
Mpumalanga |
127 |
278 |
|
North West |
145 |
47 |
|
Northern Cape |
0 |
15 |
|
Western Cape |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTALS |
3898 |
3040 |