Question to the Minister of Basic Education - NW2192

09 November 2016 - NW2192

Kopane, Ms SP to ask the Minister of Basic Education

What is the total number of (a) overaged learners who were enrolled at each (i) school for learners with special educational needs, (ii) school for the visually impaired and (iii) school for the hearing impaired in each district of each province in the (aa) 2013-14, (bb) 2014-15 and (cc) 2015-16 financial years, (b) learners who were incorrectly placed at each specified school because mainstream schools did not have space to accommodate the learners and (c) learners who were placed on waiting lists in each case in each specified financial year?

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(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)

The detailed response on overaged learners who were enrolled at each school for learners with special educational needs in the 2013/14; 2014/15 and 2015/16 is attached as Annexure A.

(a)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

The detailed response on overaged learners who were enrolled at each school for the visually impaired in the 2013/14; 2014/15 and 2015/16 is attached as Annexure A.

(a)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

The detailed response on overaged learners who were enrolled at each school for the school for the hearing impaired in each district of each province in the 2013/14; 2014/15 and 2015/16 is attached as Annexure A.

(b) Response attached at Annexure B.

ANNEXURE A

(a)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 1: Number of over-aged (19 and above) learners in special schools, by district, in between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
EC	EAST LONDON	128	100	82
	GRAHAMSTOWN	27	35	30
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	202	176	166
	LUSIKISIKI	21	18	30
	MALUTI	6	16	13
	MBIZANA	124	126	120
	MT FRERE	55	120	136
	MTHATA	202	260	208
	NGCOBO	51	39	38
	PORT ELIZABETH	183	112	92
	QUEENSTOWN	0	4	0
	QUMBU	50	59	58
	STERKSPRUIT	25	34	38
	UITENHAGE	326	99	115
	Total	1 400	1 198	1 126
FS	FEZILE DABI	103	100	91
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	98	117	133
	MOTHEO	321	305	271
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	98	81	59
	Total	620	603	554
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	405	364	378
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	211	256	270
	GAUTENG EAST	624	522	581
	GAUTENG NORTH	47	61	41
	GAUTENG WEST	243	250	213
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	223	289	346
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	211	196	186
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	264	281	314
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	173	237	204
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	135	158	179
	SEDIBENG EAST	94	94	91
	SEDIBENG WEST	113	202	173
	TSHWANE NORTH	60	58	14
	TSHWANE SOUTH	218	196	152
	TSHWANE WEST	330	352	328
	Total	3 351	3 516	3 470
KZ	AMAJUBA	317	385	277
	EMPANGENI	132	168	144
	ILEMBE	75	41	67
	OBONJENI	0	43	0
	OTHUKELA	105	131	136
	PINETOWN	213	196	171
	PORT SHEPSTONE	0	19	0
	SISONKE	20	37	35
	UGU	29	0	30
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	264	257	239
	UMKHANYAKUDE	82	30	62
	UMLAZI	301	380	423
	UMZINYATHI	61	66	60
	UTHUNGULU	18	0	0
	VRYHEID	79	78	43
	Total	1 696	1 831	1 687
LP	CAPRICORN/Polokwane	876	954	777
	LEBOWAKGOMO	143	0	146
	MOGALAKWENA	4	0	8
	MOPANI	175	215	219
	SEKHUKHUNE	177	188	189
	TZANEEN	10	13	8
	VHEMBE	483	396	376
	WATERBERG	81	89	62
	Total	1 949	1 865	1 785
MP	BOHLABELA	241	253	5
	EHLANZENI	0	0	5
	GERT SIBANDE	0	0	111
	NKANGALA	0	0	94
	Total	241	253	215
NC	FRANCES BAARD	277	80	91
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	12	21
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE	9	0	0
	NAMAQUA	0	0	0
	SIYANDA	0	2	2
	Total	286	94	114
NW	BRITS	0	24	0
	GREATER DELAREYVILLE	48	38	75
	GREATER TAUNG	75	69	73
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	20	23	18
	KGETLENG RIVER	23	12	11
	KLERKSDORP	0	6	0
	LETLHABILE	39	51	26
	LICHTENBURG	101	24	65
	MADIBENG	43	52	84
	MAFIKENG	85	88	0
	MAQUASSI HIILS	52	46	39
	MATLOSANA	11	3	9
	MORETELE	26	37	25
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	67	47	89
	POTCHEFSTROOM	115	76	126
	REKOPANTSWE	85	47	106
	RUSTENBURG	268	96	113
	ZEERUST	27	21	12
	Total	1 085	760	871
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	51	50	45
	EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO	40	57	50
	METRO CENTRAL	118	142	176
	METRO EAST	161	116	92
	METRO NORTH	91	108	77
	METRO SOUTH	105	88	84
	OVERBERG	15	7	10
	WEST COAST	36	27	27
	Total	617	595	561
National		11 245	10 715	10 383

Source: 2013-15 SNAP survey for special schools

(a)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 2: Table 1: Number of over-aged (19 and above) learners in special schools with visually impaired, by district, in between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
EC	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	0	1	2
	LUSIKISIKI	0	0
	MALUTI	0	0	2
	MBIZANA	41	38	39
	MTHATA	47	51	46
	PORT ELIZABETH	40	29	25
	STERKSPRUIT	0	0	1
	Total	128	119	115
	FEZILE DABI	1	0	0
	LEJWELEPUTSWA	1	3	2
	MOTHEO	30	27	30
FS	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	15	16	11
	Total	47	46	43
	EKURHULENI NORTH	9	2	0
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	0	0	1
	GAUTENG EAST	6	6	12
	GAUTENG WEST	6	5	4
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	3	2	2
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	2	3	5
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	1	1	0
GT	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	0	1	1
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	7	3	2
	SEDIBENG EAST	7	6	4
	TSHWANE NORTH	1	1	0
	TSHWANE SOUTH	2	1	1
	TSHWANE WEST	91	102	99
	Total	135	133	131
KZN	AMAJUBA	5	6	4
	EMPANGENI	3	0	1
	OTHUKELA	2	3	3
	PINETOWN	3	1	1
	UGU	0	0
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	23	21	30
	UMLAZI	13	12	10
	UMZINYATHI	1	2	1
	VRYHEID	1	1	1
	Total	51	46	51
LP	CAPRICORN	84	73	46
	LEBOWAKGOMO	5	0	5
	SEKHUKHUNE	2	4	5
	VHEMBE	40	38	36
	WATERBERG	0	0	0
	Total	131	115	92
MP	GERT SIBANDE	1	1	2
	NKANGALA	2	0	0
	Total	3	1	2
	FRANCES BAARD	4	13	17
NC	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	1	0
	Total	4	14	17
	BRITS	0	1	0
	GREATER TAUNG	40	38	30
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	1	3	3
	LETLHABILE	0	0	1
	LICHTENBURG	14	1	0
NW	MADIBENG	0	4	3
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	3	0	0
	REKOPANTSWE	0	10	0
	RUSTENBURG	10	0	5
	ZEERUST	0	0	1
	Total	68	57	43
	CAPE WINELANDS	7	9	11
WC	METRO NORTH	32	30	24
	Total	39	39	35
National	606	570	529

Source: 2013-15 SNAP survey for special schools

(a)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)

Table 3: Table 1: Number of over-aged (19 and above) learners in special schools with hearing impaired, by district, between 2013 and 2015

Province	District	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
EC	EAST LONDON	0	1	0
	KING WILLIAMS TOWN	108	97	88
	LUSIKISIKI	0	0	1
	MALUTI	6	16	10
	MTHATA	59	81	89
	PORT ELIZABETH	2	3	4
	STERKSPRUIT	0	1	0
	Total	175	199	192
FS	LEJWELEPUTSWA	0	0	1
	MOTHEO	40	35	27
	THABO MOFUTSANYANA	48	37	31
	Total	88	72	59
GT	EKURHULENI NORTH	6	1	2
	EKURHULENI SOUTH	6	8	7
	GAUTENG EAST	6	6	6
	GAUTENG WEST	9	4	3
	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	1	4	4
	JOHANNESBURG EAST	38	29	31
	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	1	2	0
	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	6	20	29
	JOHANNESBURG WEST	31	41	37
	SEDIBENG EAST	3	1	2
	TSHWANE NORTH	27	23	6
	TSHWANE SOUTH	34	34	31
	TSHWANE WEST	79	96	81
	Total	247	269	239
KZ	AMAJUBA	7	7	3
	EMPANGENI	93	104	90
	ILEMBE	4	3	3
	OTHUKELA	1	0	1
	PINETOWN	77	51	56
	PORT SHEPSTONE	0	18	0
	UGU	22	0	27
	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	16	15	17
	UMLAZI	26	15	49
	UMZINYATHI	0	2	1
	VRYHEID	3	0	0
	SISONKE	1	0	0
	Total	249	215	247
LP	CAPRICORN/POLOKWANE	185	179	171
	GREATER SEKHUKHUNE	12	15	7
	TZANEEN	4	13	4
	VHEMBE	1	5	6
	WATERBERG	2	4	6
	Total	204	216	194
MP	BOHLABELA	1	0	1
	EHLANZENI	6	0	1
	GERT SIBANDE	1	1	0
	NKANGALA	6	4	0
	Total	14	5	2
NC	FRANCES BAARD	4	17	16
	JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWA	0	0	1
	Total	4	17	17
NW	GREATER TAUNG	0	2	1
	KAGISANO MOLOPO	2	0	0
	LETLHABILE	0	1	2
	LICHTENBURG	6	0	1
	MADIBENG	0	0	3
	MAFIKENG	1	0	0
	MAQUASSI HIILS	47	43	39
	MOSES KOTANE EAST	1	0	0
	POTCHEFSTROOM	0	1	0
	RUSTENBURG	17	19	19
	Total	74	66	65
WC	CAPE WINELANDS	13	15	16
	METRO CENTRAL	6	4	8
	METRO EAST	6	8	5
	METRO NORTH	0	1	1
	METRO SOUTH	27	20	33
	OVERBERG	0	1	0
	Total	52	49	63
National		1 108	1 279	1 078

Source: 2013-15 SNAP survey for special schools

Annexure B

(b) Number of learners that were incorrectly placed because mainstream schools did not have space to accommodate them

Provinces	Districts	Number of incorrectly placed learners in Special Schools (SSs)	Number of incorrectly placed learners in Special Schools (SSs) for Visual Impairment	Number of incorrectly placed learners in Special Schools (SSs) for Hearing Impairment
GP	15	All learners placed in Special Schools in Gauteng are placed in line with provincial admissions circular for learners with barriers to learning (Circular 31 of 2009)	0	0
EC	23	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report
FS	5	25	0	0
KZN	12	150	0	0
LP	1/5	5	106	0
MP	4	68	0	0
NC	1/5	0	0	0
NW	3/4	6	0	0
WC	8	0	0	0
TOTALS		98	106	0

Source: Provincial Reporting

Annexure C

c) Learners on Waiting Lists

Provinces	Districts	Number of Learners on waiting lists in Special Schools (SSs)	Number of Learners on waiting lists in Special Schools (SSs) for Visual Impairment	Number of Learners on waiting lists in Special Schools (SSs) for Hearing Impairment
		2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
GP	15	3902	3338	1785	0	0	46	0	0	45 not all hearing impaired, school has an MID section
EC	23	-	3691	3244	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report	Nil report
FS	5	266	452	621	0	0	0	0	0	0
KZN	12	3091	2190	1636	110	76	37	255	183	138
LP	4/5	582	508	568	203	1	2	9	15	10
MP	4	699	1022	850	4	10	8	20	18	17
NC	1/5	119	67	87	1	101	0	1	4	1
NW	3/4	573	658	803	-	7	-	-	11	1
WC	8	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	63	9232	11926	9606	419	195	47	285	231	167

Source: Provincial Reporting

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09 November 2016 - NW2192

Kopane, Ms SP to ask the Minister of Basic Education

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