Question NW2835 to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
11 January 2022 - NW2835
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
(1) With reference to the 2020-21 annual report of his department that indicated that R45,7 million was directed towards cleaning materials for community education and training (CET) colleges, (a) what (i) service providers were used, (ii) were the unit costs for each item, (iii) were the total quantities purchased and (iv) was the total payment of cleaning products for each CET and (b) how were the cleaning materials distributed to local training CET centres; (2) (a) what CET programmes were funded from the R8 975 000 that was made available by the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) to higher health for CET programmes and (b) from which budgetary line item of higher health were the funds taken?
Reply:
(1)(a)(i)-(iv)
CET College |
(i) Name of Service Provider |
(ii) Total Cost Allocated |
(iii) Total Quantities |
(iv) Total Payment |
Eastern Cape |
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R6 943 000 |
30 Main CLCs and 239 Satellite Centres |
R295 015 |
Free State |
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R4 748 000 |
181 Main CLCs and Satellite Centres |
R516 151 |
Gauteng |
Abanqobe Cleaning Services |
R8 015 000 |
9 CLCs and 45 Satellite Centres |
R0 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
K Mathole Investment |
R7 658 000 |
11 Main CLCs and 40 Satellite Centres |
R153 999 |
Limpopo |
Not yet appointed |
R6 254 000 |
248 Main CLCs and Satellite Centres |
R0 |
Mpumalanga |
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R4 544 000 |
64 Main CLCs and Satellite Centres |
R1 572 962 |
Northern Cape |
To be confirmed. |
R2 221 000 |
87 Main CLCs and Satellite Centres |
R0 |
CET College |
(i) Name of Service Provider |
(ii) Total Cost Allocated |
(iii) Total Quantities |
(iv) Total Payment |
North West |
Bid Consultancy (Pty) Ltd |
R3 472 000 |
11 Main CLCs and 125 satellite centres |
R868 000 |
Western Cape |
Bidvest Prestige |
R1 863 000 |
15 main CLCs and 58 Satellite Centres |
R0 |
Total |
R45 718 000 |
R3 406 127 |
- There is no distribution of cleaning material taking place. Each college appointed a service provider to clean the centres.
- (a) Higher Health submitted a proposal to HWSETA to request funding towards building a comprehensive health and wellness intervention for CET Colleges. HWSETA considered the proposal and approved to limit their funding to COVID-19 interventions. The initial proposal requested funding for the following:
- COVID-19 capacity development and establishment of COVID-19 Screening volunteers at CET colleges;
- Capacity development on Gender-Based Violence;
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- Mental Health;
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health including contraception and Substance Abuse;
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- Coordination of Health & Wellness programmes in the CET colleges;
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- Establishment of Campus Health & Wellness programmes at CET college;
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- Establishment of a peer to peer health promotion, awareness, and prevention programme in CET colleges;
- Social behavioural change campaign; and
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- Enable a safe teaching & learning environment in the face of COVID-19
HWSETA considered COVID-19 to be a priority area and approved funding of R 8 099 000.00 to be utilised as follows:
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- Stipends for a period of 18 months for 9 college coordinators and 3 600 volunteers to set up screening stations and conduct screening at R 5 940 000.00
- Provide personal protection equipment (PPE) for frontline staff, regular staff, student volunteers, students, among others who are involved in the daily screening programme for COVID-19 at R500 000.00
- Improve the monitoring and evaluation system, with real-time reporting to assist towards early decision making, early detection, identifying trends and leading into process evaluations for programme implementation efficacy at R180 000.00
- Provision of computers, tablets, data and airtime costs for project staff members and screeners at R993 000.00
- Travel costs for Coordinators at R486 000.00
The allocation will be transferred in 3 tranches upon achievement of set project milestones between Higher Health and HWSETA.
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- The budgetary line item of Higher Health from which the funds were taken, is line item
CET Programme Implementation which covers the following broad line item expenditure:
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- Salaries for HIGHER HEALTH Centre Coordinators
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- Stipends for Student Volunteers
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- PPE Material for student volunteers who man screening stations
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- Information, Education and Communication Material
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- Setting up of screening stations and maintenance of the HealthCheck app
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- ICT and equipment costs
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- Travel costs
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