Question NW1334 to the Minister of Basic Education

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15 June 2016 - NW1334

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Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1)(a) How many braille (i) workbooks and (ii) textbooks were delivered to visually impaired learners in each district in each province in (aa) 2012, (bb) 2013, (cc) 2014 and (dd) 2015, (b) how many visually impaired learners were enrolled in Grade 1 in each district in each province in the specified academic years and (c) how many visually impaired learners completed their National Senior Certificate examinations with (i) mathematics, (ii) mathematical literacy and (iii) science in each district in each province in the specified academic years; (2) (a) how many schools for the visually impaired learners are registered with each provincial department of education and (b) how many appropriately trained educators in the field of braille are teaching at schools for the visually impaired?

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc) response is attached as table 1.

Table : Response to (1)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Province and Districts

(i) Workbooks

(ii) Textbooks

b)VIL in Gr 1

 

aa)2012

bb)2013

cc)2014

dd)2015

aa)2012

bb)2013

cc)2014

dd)2015

aa)2012

bb)2013

cc)2014

dd)2015

EC

PE

0

0

3

34

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mthatha

0

0

0

50

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mbizana

0

0

0

25

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

FS

Thabo Mofutsanyana

0

0

0

31

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Thaba-Nchu

0

0

0

41

0

0

0

0

1

3

6

1

GT

Tshwane West

0

0

11

112

0

0

0

0

33

0

31

33

Sedibeng East

0

0

0

45

0

0

0

0

33

0

31

33

KZN

Umlazi

0

0

2

0

0

0

2

0

3

0

3

2

Pinetown

0

0

2

36

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Umungundlovu

0

150

200

177

0

0

0

0

16

16

16

17

LP

Mvembe

0

0

0

22

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Capricon

0

0

13

95

0

0

1

0

0

0

3

0

Mopani

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Sekhukhuni

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MP

Ehlanzeni

0

23

0

19

               

NC

Frances Baard

0

5

25

5

25

20

20

20

2

1

4

1

NW

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mampati

0

255

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

11

12

11

WC

Metro North

0

0

0

700

0

0

0

700

20

23

20

25

Cape Winelands

0

0

0

560

0

0

0

560

7

5

8

8

Province and Districts

(i) Mathemetics

(ii) Mathemetical Literacy

iii)Science

 

aa)2012

bb)2013

cc)2014

dd)2015

aa)2012

bb)2013

cc)2014

dd)2015

aa)2012

bb)2013

cc)2014

dd)2015

EC

PE

5

4

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Mthatha

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mbizana

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

FS

Thabo Mofutsanyana

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Thaba-Nchu

0

2

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

GP

Tshwane West

14

17

0

2

76

76

0

76

1

0

0

0

Sedibeng East

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

KZN

Umlazi

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Pinetown

2

0

0

2

1

0

0

3

1

0

0

1

Umungundlovu

2

14

0

4

1

0

0

0

14

14

15

14

LP

Vhembe

7

0

0

3

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

Capricon

7

11

0

11

4

5

0

2

4

4

0

1

Mopani

1

0

0

2

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

Sekhukhuni

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

MP

Ehlanzeni

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

NC

Frances Baard

0

1

0

3

0

1

1

4

0

0

0

0

NW

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mampati

0

7

0

0

4

8

4

4

0

0

0

0

WC

Metro North

0

16

0

0

31

21

11

18

0

0

0

0

Cape Winelands

3

0

2

0

9

12

7

4

3

0

3

0

Source: 2012-2015 Provincial Responses

(1)(b)

Table 2 below indicates the number of Grade 1 learners in special schools. It shows that in 2015, there were 7 649 Grade 1 learners in special schools. The number increased from 4 664, in 2012 to 7 649 in 2015.

Table 2: Number of Grade 1 learners in special schools, by district and province, between 2012 and 2015

Province

District

2012

2013

2014

2015

EC

EAST LONDON

100

103

106

151

 

GRAHAMSTOWN

7

9

6

0

 

KING WILLIAMS TOWN

95

110

119

156

 

LUSIKISIKI

15

0

27

35

 

MALUTI

16

18

18

15

 

MBIZANA

122

113

97

106

 

MT FRERE

57

0

56

56

 

MTHATA

159

161

196

191

 

PORT ELIZABETH

268

143

476

171

 

QUMBU

0

69

95

0

 

STERKSPRUIT

21

18

0

9

 

Total

860

744

1196

890

FS

FEZILE DABI

204

207

212

211

 

LEJWELEPUTSWA

442

466

476

489

 

MOTHEO

304

389

660

645

 

THABO MOFUTSANYANA

99

106

131

126

 

Total

1049

1168

1479

1471

GT

EKURHULENI NORTH

65

79

90

91

 

EKURHULENI SOUTH

112

115

399

333

 

GAUTENG EAST

70

76

60

73

 

GAUTENG WEST

29

27

27

23

 

JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL

168

163

165

154

 

JOHANNESBURG EAST

198

178

181

127

 

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

79

120

96

168

 

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH

62

47

44

30

 

JOHANNESBURG WEST

68

42

57

54

 

SEDIBENG EAST

53

52

61

60

 

SEDIBENG WEST

0

9

0

0

 

TSHWANE NORTH

106

124

119

119

 

TSHWANE SOUTH

144

111

99

132

 

TSHWANE WEST

58

43

59

63

 

Total

1212

1186

1457

1427

KZ

AMAJUBA

13

279

246

258

 

EMPANGENI

97

57

248

0

 

ILEMBE

0

28

114

130

 

OBONJENI

0

0

92

0

 

OTHUKELA

16

93

59

0

 

PINETOWN

98

449

479

447

 

PORT SHEPSTONE

23

0

189

0

 

SISONKE

21

43

38

69

 

UGU

0

147

0

0

 

UMGUNGUNDLOVU

49

448

374

406

 

UMKHANYAKUDE

43

101

69

234

 

UMLAZI

228

536

719

883

 

UMZINYATHI

0

79

106

89

 

UTHUNGULU

0

36

0

138

 

VRYHEID

0

42

29

0

 

ZULULAND

0

0

0

25

 

Total

588

2323

2745

2679

LP

CAPRICORN

31

23

64

206

 

GREATER SEKHUKHUNE

0

0

52

0

 

LEBOWAKGOMO

34

29

0

44

 

MOGALAKWENA

0

33

0

34

 

MOPANI

0

0

45

28

 

SEKHUKHUNE

30

47

0

120

 

TZANEEN

78

71

27

60

 

VHEMBE

83

74

98

89

 

WATERBERG

7

3

6

9

 

Total

263

280

292

590

MP

BOHLABELA

0

0

0

0

 

EHLANZENI

35

39

41

48

 

GERT SIBANDE

4

2

3

0

 

NKANGALA

0

0

0

0

 

Total

39

41

44

48

NC

FRANCES BAARD

148

18

30

149

 

JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA

0

0

0

26

 

NAMAQUA

0

0

8

10

 

Total

148

18

38

185

NW

BRITS

0

0

11

0

 

GREATER DELAREYVILLE

55

77

0

0

 

GREATER TAUNG

5

14

11

10

 

MADIBENG

16

11

0

9

 

REKOPANTSWE

65

19

0

0

 

RUSTENBURG

27

19

27

18

 

Total

168

140

49

37

WC

CAPE WINELANDS

55

38

30

33

 

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO

0

3

7

11

 

METRO CENTRAL

124

124

46

109

 

METRO EAST

76

67

33

65

 

METRO NORTH

58

66

88

102

 

METRO SOUTH

24

46

109

50

 

METROPOLE SOUTH

0

0

34

0

 

Total

337

344

347

370

National

 

4664

6259

6185

7649

Source: 2012-2015 SNE Snap Survey

Table 3: Number of visually impaired learners in special schools, by district and province, between 2012 and 2015

Province

District

2012

2013

2014

2015

EC

EAST LONDON

0

7

0

0

 

GRAHAMSTOWN

0

0

0

0

 

KING WILLIAMS TOWN

8

3

8

6

 

LUSIKISIKI

3

0

3

3

 

MALUTI

0

0

0

3

 

MBIZANA

155

157

147

154

 

MT FRERE

0

0

0

0

 

MTHATA

129

130

127

130

 

NGCOBO

0

0

0

0

 

PORT ELIZABETH

117

115

113

111

 

QUEENSTOWN

0

0

0

0

 

QUMBU

0

0

0

0

 

STERKSPRUIT

0

0

0

1

 

UITENHAGE

0

0

0

0

 

Total

412

412

398

408

FS

FEZILE DABI

22

13

4

12

 

LEJWELEPUTSWA

34

27

28

27

 

MOTHEO

162

160

151

159

 

THABO MOFUTSANYANA

91

99

98

82

 

Total

309

299

281

280

GT

EKURHULENI NORTH

65

41

35

34

 

EKURHULENI SOUTH

8

7

3

9

 

GAUTENG EAST

47

54

78

62

 

GAUTENG NORTH

0

0

0

0

 

GAUTENG WEST

28

34

33

29

 

JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL

14

13

17

21

 

JOHANNESBURG EAST

24

26

24

25

 

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

25

20

11

17

 

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH

18

12

14

32

 

JOHANNESBURG WEST

53

40

59

47

 

SEDIBENG EAST

199

190

201

202

 

SEDIBENG WEST

58

13

12

7

 

TSHWANE NORTH

13

13

10

7

 

TSHWANE SOUTH

40

33

27

21

 

TSHWANE WEST

569

557

600

621

 

Total

1161

1053

1124

1134

KZN

AMAJUBA

33

24

20

17

 

EMPANGENI

21

10

19

21

 

ILEMBE

2

0

0

4

 

OTHUKELA

8

44

8

6

 

PINETOWN

162

173

149

139

 

PORT SHEPSTONE

5

4

6

7

 

SISONKE

0

43

0

3

 

UMGUNGUNDLOVU

253

234

215

225

 

UMKHANYAKUDE

3

0

0

0

 

UMLAZI

187

168

127

135

 

UMZINYATHI

5

12

10

8

 

VRYHEID

32

13

9

0

 

ZULULAND

0

18

0

1

 

Total

711

743

563

566

LP

CAPRICORN

104

111

244

88

 

LEBOWAKGOMO

159

151

0

125

 

MOGALAKWENA

0

0

0

0

 

MOPANI

1

0

29

0

 

SEKHUKHUNE

139

148

149

146

 

TZANEEN

29

25

0

28

 

VHEMBE

213

198

174

189

 

WATERBERG

7

4

6

6

 

Total

652

637

602

582

MP

BOHLABELA

0

2

0

1

 

EHLANZENI

36

30

41

34

 

GERT SIBANDE

5

2

3

6

 

NKANGALA

4

17

20

23

 

Total

45

51

64

64

NC

FRANCES BAARD

33

40

42

43

 

JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA

2

3

2

 

 

NAMAQUA

0

0

0

0

 

SIYANDA

 

0

0

0

 

Total

35

43

44

43

NW

BRITS

0

0

7

0

 

GREATER DELAREYVILLE

0

3

0

0

 

GREATER TAUNG

0

121

124

126

 

KAGISANO MOLOPO

3

2

7

9

 

KGETLENG RIVER

0

0

0

0

 

LETLHABILE

0

3

4

4

 

LICHTENBURG

10

31

6

23

 

MADIBENG

13

13

8

13

 

MAFIKENG

2

0

1

0

 

MATLOSANA

0

1

0

0

 

MAQUASSI HILLS

 

0

0

0

 

MORETELE

0

0

0

0

 

MOSES KOTANE EAST

4

6

8

2

 

POTCHEFSTROOM

0

0

0

0

 

REKOPANTSWE

8

1

39

2

 

RUSTENBURG

9

12

7

13

 

ZEERUST

0

0

0

2

 

Total

49

193

211

194

WC

CAPE WINELANDS

119

123

127

137

 

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO

12

14

13

13

 

METRO CENTRAL

6

2

1

2

 

METRO EAST

10

9

4

4

 

METRO NORTH

252

253

262

269

 

METRO SOUTH

0

0

1

0

 

OVERBERG

1

0

0

0

 

WEST COAST

1

1

0

0

 

Total

401

402

408

425

 National

 

3775

3833

3695

3696

Source: 2012-2015 SNE Snap Survey

(1)(c) Please see the attached excel spreadsheet which provides the number of visually impaired learners that completed National Senior Certificate examinations in Mathematics, Mathematical Literacy and Science in each district and Province

(2)(a) Table 4 below is attached and it shows that, in 2015, there were 167 schools with visually impaired learners nationally. The majority of schools are found in Gauteng (64) followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 28 schools.

Table 4: Number of schools for visually impaired learners, by province and district, in 2012 to 2015

Province

District

2012

2013

2014

2015

EC

EAST LONDON

0

2

0

0

 

GRAHAMSTOWN

0

0

0

0

 

KING WILLIAMS TOWN

2

1

2

1

 

LUSIKISIKI

1

1

1

1

 

MALUTI

0

0

0

1

 

MBIZANA

1

1

1

1

 

MT FRERE

0

0

0

0

 

MTHATA

1

2

1

2

 

NGCOBO

0

0

0

0

 

PORT ELIZABETH

3

2

2

2

 

QUEENSTOWN

0

0

0

0

 

QUMBU

0

0

0

0

 

STERKSPRUIT

0

0

0

1

 

UITENHAGE

0

0

0

0

 

Total

8

9

7

9

FS

FEZILE DABI

2

2

2

2

 

LEJWELEPUTSWA

2

1

1

1

 

MOTHEO

5

4

5

5

 

THABO MOFUTSANYANA

2

2

2

2

 

Total

11

9

10

10

GT

EKURHULENI NORTH

6

6

5

5

 

EKURHULENI SOUTH

3

2

1

3

 

GAUTENG EAST

6

5

7

6

 

GAUTENG NORTH

0

0

0

0

 

GAUTENG WEST

5

6

6

7

 

JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL

3

4

5

5

 

JOHANNESBURG EAST

5

5

8

6

 

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

7

5

1

3

 

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH

4

4

5

4

 

JOHANNESBURG WEST

5

6

5

4

 

SEDIBENG EAST

4

3

4

5

 

SEDIBENG WEST

2

3

3

3

 

TSHWANE NORTH

3

3

3

3

 

TSHWANE SOUTH

4

6

5

4

 

TSHWANE WEST

5

5

5

6

 

Total

62

63

63

64

KZN

AMAJUBA

4

2

2

3

 

EMPANGENI

5

5

4

4

 

ILEMBE

1

0

0

2

 

OTHUKELA

2

2

2

2

 

PINETOWN

3

4

5

4

 

PORT SHEPSTONE

2

2

1

1

 

SISONKE

0

2

1

1

 

UMGUNGUNDLOVU

6

5

3

3

 

UMKHANYAKUDE

1

0

0

0

 

UMLAZI

12

9

5

6

 

UMZINYATHI

1

2

2

1

 

VRYHEID

3

2

2

0

 

ZULULAND

0

0

0

1

 

Total

40

35

27

28

LP

CAPRICORN

6

7

8

6

 

LEBOWAKGOMO

2

2

0

1

 

MOGALAKWENA

0

0

0

0

 

MOPANI

1

 

2

0

 

SEKHUKHUNE

4

4

3

5

 

TZANEEN

1

1

1

1

 

VHEMBE

5

4

5

6

 

WATERBERG

1

1

1

1

 

Total

20

19

20

20

MP

BOHLABELA

0

0

0

1

 

EHLANZENI

2

2

3

2

 

GERT SIBANDE

1

1

1

2

 

NKANGALA

6

6

4

5

 

Total

9

9

8

10

NC

FRANCES BAARD

3

2

2

2

 

JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA

1

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIYANDA

0

0

0

0

 

Total

4

3

3

3

NW

BRITS

0

0

1

0

 

GREATER DELAREYVILLE

0

1

0

0

 

GREATER TAUNG

0

1

2

2

 

KAGISANO MOLOPO

1

0

1

1

 

KGETLENG RIVER

0

0

0

0

 

LETLHABILE

0

2

2

1

 

LICHTENBURG

2

2

1

2

 

MADIBENG

2

1

1

3

 

MAFIKENG

1

0

1

0

 

MATLOSANA

0

1

0

0

 

MAQUASSI HILLS

0

0

0

1

 

MORETELE

0

0

0

0

 

MOSES KOTANE EAST

1

1

1

1

 

POTCHEFSTROOM

0

1

0

0

 

REKOPANTSWE

2

1

1

1

 

RUSTENBURG

2

3

2

2

 

ZEERUST

0

0

0

1

 

Total

11

14

13

15

WC

CAPE WINELANDS

1

1

1

1

 

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO

2

2

2

2

 

METRO CENTRAL

3

2

1

2

 

METRO EAST

5

2

1

1

 

METRO NORTH

2

2

2

2

 

METRO SOUTH

0

0

1

0

 

OVERBERG

1

0

0

0

 

WEST COAST

1

1

0

0

 

Total

15

10

8

8

 National

 

179

162

159

167

Source: 2012-2015 SNE Snap Survey

(2)(b) Table 5 is attached and it indicates the number of teachers trained in the field of Braille, by province, in the 2015/16 financial year. It shows that about 412 Grade 1 and 2 educators were trained in 6 of the 9 provinces.

Table 5: Number of educators trained in the field of Braille, by province, in 2015/16 financial year

Province

No. of Schools Targeted

Actual No. of Schools Participated

No. of Teachers Targeted For Grade 1 Braille Traning

Actual No. of Teachers Trained in Grade 1 Braille

No. of Teachers Targeted for Grade 2 Braille training

Actual No. of Teachers Trained on Grade 2 Braille

EC

3

3

64

64

0

0

FS

2

2

54

54

54

54

GT

3

3

65

65

0

0

KZ*

3

0

0

0

0

0

LP

6

6

50

50

0

0

MP*

1

0

0

0

0

0

NC*

1

0

0

0

0

1

NW

1

1

30

30

30

30

WC

2

2

65

65

0

0

Total

22

17

328

328

84

84

*Training in KZN, MP and NC is scheduled for later in the 2015/16 financial year

Source: Information submitted by Provincial Education Departments in March 2016