Question NW533 to the Minister of Basic Education

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26 September 2019 - NW533

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Diale, Mrs B to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Regarding the Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) Initiative projects to provide safe and adequate sanitation to schools, (a) what number of projects are in the (i) planning and design and (ii) construction phase in each province as at 30 June 2019, (b) for each project, what (i) is the name of the school where the project is taking place and (ii) the number of toilets to be (aa) demolished and (bb) provided, (iii) type of toilet will be provided, (iv) are the projected costs of each project and (v) what portion of the total cost will be paid from Government funds?

Reply:

a)

(i) 880 Projects are currently under planning and design phase

(ii) 127 Projects are currently under construction.

Province

No. of Projects

Planning

Construction

EC

262

262

0

FS

148

80

68

KZN

402

372

30

LP

162

162

0

MP

33

4

29

Total

1007

880

127

b) 

(i) Refer to Annexure A, column B

(ii) 

(aa) All the inappropriate sanitation will be demolished.

(bb) The number of toilets seats to be provided is determined by the learner enrolment as the ratio is prescribed in the Norms and Standards.

(iii) Where there is reliable source of water supply, flushing ablutions will be constructed and if the water supply is not reliable dry sanitation systems will be constructed.

(iv) Refer to Annexure A, column K

(v) All the 1007 projects will be funded through government funding, either the SAFE Allocation which is managed at the National Department of Basic Education (DBE) or the Education Infrastructure Grant (EIG) that is managed by the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs). Refer to Annexure A, column L