Question NW2904 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
26 September 2023 - NW2904
Sukers, Ms ME to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Whether, noting that her Circular S14 of 2020 instructs provincial education departments to establish Joint Liaison Committees (JLCs) with home schoolers and that it has been over two years since the specified circular was issued, the JLCs have been established; if not, why not, in each case; if so, (a) what total number of provinces have established JLCs and (b) how regularly have such JLCs met in each province since the circular was issued?
Reply:
a) Six
b) Eastern Cape: None; Free State: None; Gauteng: Two meetings (one in 2022 and 2023); Mpumalanga: Two meetings (one in 2022 and 2023); North West: One in 2022; and Western Cape: Two meetings (2021) and Three meetings (2023)