Question NW1053 to the Minister of Basic Education

Reply:

1. (a) The number of district and provincial officials in each province who have been trained in the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) Policy, (b) the number of schools that have been trained and the (c) cost of roll-out are as follows:

Province	1(a) Provincial Officials Trained	1(a) Districts Officials Trained	1(b) Number of Schools*	1(c) Cost of Roll-out
EC	15	116	382	R350 000
FS	15	127	323	R996 019
GP	69	219	695	R2 000 000
KZN	12	32	180	R300 000
LP	14	50	200	1 day training, incurring no costs
MP	17	140	140	R478 000
NC	14	137	131	R80 000
NW	15	100	110	R302 218
WC	15	100	115	R350 000
TOTAL	186	1021	2276	R4 856 237

Source: Information obtained from Provincial Education Departments in April 2016

The names of schools in which the SIAS Policy has been rolled out are not available at this stage for all provinces.

2 (a) Information on the full-service schools in each province that have benefitted from the R11,2 million worth of assistive devices procured nationally and (b) the nature of the assistive devices procured is attached as Annexure A. The names of schools that were supplied and of the districts in which they are situated are not available for all provinces at this stage.

(3)(a) The number of districts in each province where the 1 880 district officials and 16 127 teachers from full-service schools have been trained in Curriculum Differentiation in 2014/15 (b) the (i) duration and (ii) expenditure of the training in each case and (c) the number of officials and teachers who still need to be trained are as follows:

Province	a) Number of Districts	i) Duration	ii) Expenditure	c) District Officials still to be trained Trained	c) Teachers still to trained
EC	22	2 Days	R350 000	28	65
FS	5	2 Days	R966 000	50	3270
GP*	15	Information not made available	Information not made available	Information not made available	Information not made available
KZN	12	1-2 days	R450 000	917
LP	5	1 Day	Nil	179	64
MP	4	2 days	R450 000	All relevant officials	All educators of Foundation Phase to FET should be trained by 2019
NC	5	1 day	R24 000	6000
NW	4	2 Days	Not Provided	50	400
WC	8	2 Days	Not Provided	All relevant officials	All school based support teams

Source: Information obtained from Provincial Education Departments in April 2016

* Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) concluded training in curriculum differentiation of district officials, educators and SMT members in all Full service Schools in 2014. Training in curriculum differentiation for 2016 is aligned to the SIAS training for all schools.

(4)(a) The districts in each province where the 740 district officials and 546 teachers from full-service schools nationally were orientated in Guidelines for Full-Service Schools, (b) the (i) duration and (ii) expenditure of the training in each case and (c) the number of officials and teachers still to be trained are as follows:

Province	a) Districts Trained	b (i) Duration	b) ii) Expenditure	c) Number of Officials to be trained	c) Number of Teachers to be trained
EC*	5	2 days	Information not made available	induction of new staff as needed
FS	6	8 Hours	Information not made available	None	3518
GP*	15	2 days	Information not made available	None	none
KZN	12	1 day	R300 000	917
LP	5	1 day	Information not made available	179	64
MP	4	2 days	Information not made available	140
NC	5	2 days	R56 000	200
NW	4	1 day	Information not made available	50	400
WC	8	1 day	Information not made available	induction of new staff as needed

Source: Information obtained from Provincial Education Departments in April 2016

* Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces concluded training of district officials, educators and SMT members in The Guidelines for Full service Schools in 2014. District-based Support Teams will conduct follow-up training and induction of new staff on an ongoing basis as part of their core function to support Full-Service Schools.

ANNEXURE A - QUESTION 1053

2 (a) The full-service schools in each district of each province that benefited from the R11,2 million worth of assistive devices and (b) the nature of the assistive devices provided (the names of all schools and districts are not available for all provinces at this stage):

Eastern Cape

(a) 30 Full Service Schools received assistive technology in 2015\16.

(b) 30 Laptops, Learner Profiler, Clicker 7 and Text Help Read and Write, Tobii S32 Scan and Touch.

Gauteng

(a) 123 Schools received specialised LTSM in 2016.

Free State

(a) Information not available at this stage.

(b) Information not available at this stage.

KwaZulu-Natal

(a) All 101 Full Service Schools have been allocated funding for procurement of assistive devices.

(b) Most schools procured hearing aids, AAC equipment and material, speech and physical disability equipment.

Limpopo

(a) No budget was provided for Full Service Schools.

(b) No assistive devices were procured.

Mpumalanga

(a) A total of 42 Full-Service Schools received ICT Equipment. The budget spent was R756 000.

(b) The devices procured for full-service schools per district are as follows:

NO	DISTRICT	CIRCUITS	EMIS	SCHOOL NAME	ITEM	QTY	ITEM	QTY	ITEM	QTY
1	Bohlabela	Casteel	8000 34890	M.O Mashego	Printer	1	Computer	1	Plasma	1
2	Bohlabela	Cottondale	8000 34914	Madile	Plasma	1
3	Bohlabela	Lehukwe	8000 35007	Mhlaba-Khosa	Computer	1
4	Bohlabela	Manyeleti	8000 35043	Samson Sibuyi	DVD Recorders	1
5	Bohlabela	Mariti	8000 35059	Lapishe	Printer	1	Computer	1
6	Bohlabela	Mashishing	8000 12658	Marambane	DVD Recorders	1	Printer	1	Computer	1
7	Bohlabela	Mkhuhlu	8000 35097	Londhindha	DVD Recorders	1
8	Bohlabela	Ximhungwe	8000 35199	Magudu	DVD Recorders	1
9	Bohlabela	Sabie	8000 04754	Glory Hill	Projector	1
10	Bohlabela	Thulamahashi	800035164	Mpikisano	Projector	1
11	Bohlabela	Maviljan	8000 35081	Diphaswa	Printer	1	Computer	1
12	Ehlanzeni	Lubombo	80004713	Gogo Mhlanga	Computer	1	Printer	1	Plasma	1
13	Ehlanzeni	Lubombo	800015784	Mshengu	DVD	1
14	Ehlanzeni	Mgwenya	800010116	Lekazi	DVD	1
15	Ehlanzeni	Nelspruit	800022764	Tekwane	Computer	1	Printer	1
16	Ehlanzeni	Nelspruit	800007112	John Mdluli	Projector	1
17	Ehlanzeni	Nkomazi East	800020743	Siboshwa	Computer	1	Printer	1
18	Ehlanzeni	Nkomazi West	800030429	Magcekeni	Computer	1
19	Ehlanzeni	Sikhulile	8000 15818	Msogwaba	Computer	1	Printer	1	Plasma	1
20	Ehlanzeni	White River	8000 24661	Victory Park	Projector	1
21	Gert Sibande	Ermelo 1	8000 26468	Wesselton	Projetor	1
22	Gert Sibande	Ermelo 2	8000 02375	Davel	Computer	1	Printer	1	Plasma	1
23	Gert Sibande	Stan East	8000 22756	Tegwan’s Nest	Computer	1	Printer	1	Plasma	1
24	Gert Sibande	Stan West	8000 10488	Lindilanga	DVD	1
25	Gert Sibande	Highveld Ridge East	8000 10389	Lifalethu	Projetor	1
26	Gert Sibande	Highveld Ridge West	8000 18002	Petrus Maziya	Computer	1	Printer	1
27	Gert Sibande	Bethal	8000 22939	Thandanani	Computer	1	Computer	1
28	Gert Sibande	Badplaas	8000 23846	Tsatsimfundvo	DVD	1
29	Gert Sibande	Mpuluzi	8000 21287	Siphumelele	Computer	1
30	Gert Sibande	Ermelo 1	800004218	Father Charles	DVD	1	Laptop	1
31	Nkangala	Kwagga West	8000 11460	Magaduzela	Computer	1
322	Nkangala	Kwagga East	8000 06864	Kwakwari	Printer	1	Computer	1	Plasma	1
33	Nkangala	Tweefontein South	8000 22020	Somarobogo	DVD	1	Laptop	1
34	Nkangala	KwaMhlanga South West	8000 19331	Retang	Computer	1
35	Nkangala	Libangeni	8000 03558	Emfundweni	DVD	1
36	Nkangala	Marapyane	8000 2066	Sibisi	DVD	1
37	Nkangala	Mmametlhake	8000 12112	Maloka	Printer	1	Computer	1	Plasma	1
38	Nkangala	Nokaneng	8000 07419	Katjibane	Printer	1	Computer	1
39	Nkangala	Weltevrede	8000 01792	Buthelani	Printer	1	Computer	1
40	Nkangala	Waterval Boven	8000 3166	Ebhudlweni	Projector	1
41	Nkangala	Witbank 2	8000 07021	Jeremia Mdaka	DVD	1
42	Nkangala	Witbank 1	8000 1-069	Phakama	Projector	1

One Full-Service School of Ehlanzeni District; Bukhosibetfu also received materials to support the introduction of SASL CAPS (minimum resource pack) amounting to R258 000. The Minimum Resource Pack includes the following:

• Laptop with webcam and DVD player/recorder

• Software for editing, e.g. Photo Shop

• Memory stick or external hard drive

• Whiteboard

• Video/DVD recorder/Data Projector

• Rewritable DVDs for recording

• Digital camera

• A range of SASL materials/texts ,e.g. DVDs/picture books

• Memory stick

Northern Cape

(a) No full-service schools received assistive devices.

(b) The only devices that were procured were the Minimum Resource packs ordered for the schools that are introducing SASL.

North West

(a) 16 Full Service Schools were supplied for an amount of R8,429,400

(b) The devices included audio visual libraries, Cami software and Language kits.

Western Cape

(a) Six full-service/inclusive schools in two districts, namely West Coast and Overberg, were supplied.

(b) Eight assistive devices loan centres were established in each of the 8 districts. A range of assistive devices is available on request to other special and ordinary schools, mainly f