Question NW1313 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
12 May 2022 - NW1313
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(a) What total number of technical schools are in each province and (b) how are they funded?
Reply:
A. NUMBER OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS PER PROVINCE
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PROVINCE |
NO. OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS |
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EASTERN CAPE (EC) |
69 |
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FREE STATE (FS) |
30 |
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GAUTENG (GP) |
82 |
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KWAZULU NATAL (KZN) |
73 |
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LIMPOPO (LP) |
43 |
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MPUMALANGA (MP) |
40 |
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NORTHEN CAPE (NC) |
11 |
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NORTH WEST (NW) |
31 |
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WESTERN CAPE (WC) |
24 |
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NATIONAL |
403 |
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B. FUNDING OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
- All Technical Schools are funded by provinces from the allocated provincial budgets.
- Some Technical Schools are supported by Departmental Partners like Sasol Foundation
- Selected Technical Schools are chosen to be MST Grant Schools and they are supported in different ways including resourcing.
- Every three years, new schools are included by provinces in the list of MST Grant Schools.