Question NW104 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education

Reply:

 (1)      What (a) total number of schools in the Republic still have (i) Pit toilets, (ii) mud structures, (iii) asbestos structures and (iv) asbestos roofs as at 1 February and (b) is the name of (aa) each school (bb) in each province;

(a) (i)

Province	No. of school with Pit Toilets
EC	984
FS	33
KZN	1 495
LP	1 948
MP	551
NC	5
NW	185
National	5 201

Note: Most of schools do have other appropriate forms of sanitation, as indicated in the attached list,  but the Pits toilets  still need to be demolished. Schools that have pit latrines only are part of the SAFE programme to address the demolition of pit latrines

(a) (ii)

Province	No. of school with Mud Structure
EC	506
KZN	110
LP	36
MP	18
NC	3
NW	13
National	686

(a) (iii)

Province	No. of school with Asbestos Structure
EC	4
KZN	1
MP	2
NC	25
NW	15
National	47

(a) (iv)

Province	No. of school with Asbestos roofs
EC	1 010
FS	6
GT	92
KZN	1 447
MP	26
NC	39
NW	34
WC	31
National	2 685

Annexure A: List of school attached. Please note that the DBE has embarked on a process of conducting a condition assessment of all school that will culminate in an up to date information on all schools across the country

(2)   by what date does her department envisage to have the use of (a) pit toilets, (b) mud structures, (c) asbestos structures and (d) asbestos roofs eradicated at each specified school in the Republic?

The sector is in the process of reviewing the Regulations relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, which provide for timelines for the eradication of the said backlogs, as the timelines in the current regulations are obsolete. the revised timelines will be provided as soon as the process of revision is concluded.