Question NW2671 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Boshoff, Dr WJ to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)       Whether, considering the troubling figures presented by both the Gauteng Education Department and her department regarding the ever decreasing numbers of both public and private schools, while learners in Gauteng alone grow by some 2,5% and/or 70 000 annually, as well as the fact that learners have a legitimate expectation and constitutionally enforceable right to basic education in terms of section 29(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, she has put any constructive measures in place to address the shortage of schools; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the time frames set; (2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?