Question NW925 to the Minister of Basic Education
02 October 2019 - NW925
Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1)With reference to the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative programme, (a) what number of schools were completed in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17, (iv) 2017-18 and (v) 2018-19 financial years, (b) what are the names of the schools in each province, (c) what was the total cost for each specified school and (d) who were the implementing agents in each case; (2) whether the schools were completed in accordance with the respective contract dates; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
(1) With reference to the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative programme,
(a) (i) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2014-15 is 59
(ii) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2015-16 is 52
(iii) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2016-17 is 16
(iv) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2017-18 is 14; and
(v) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2018-19 is 21.
(b) The attached table is a list of completed schools including their the names per province,
(c) the attached table also includes the construction cost for each specified school. The cumulative total is R5,7 Billion
(d) The implementing agents (IA) are also indicted in the attached table. The IA’s are Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the Independent Development Trust (IDT), the Coega Development Corporation (CDC), the National Department of Public Works (NDPW), the Eastern Cape Provincial Public Works (DPW);
(2) Each school was constructed under the JBCC building contract. Each school was managed according to the said contract. Adjudicated extensions of time were approved where they applied and requisite penalties were levied where applicable.