Question NW2831 to the Minister of Basic Education

Reply:

(a)(i)

Due to capacity constraints the Kha Ri Gude officials at the DBE were unable to conduct unannounced site visits during the 2012/13 and 2013/14 campaigns.

However all Kha Ri Gude monitors, coordinators and supervisors in each province are required to visit 10 sites per month during the six (6) months of classes. The table below indicates the number of monitors, coordinators and supervisors contracted for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 campaigns.

Year	2012/13	2013/14
Province	Monitors	Coordinators	Supervisors	Monitors	Coordinators	Supervisors
Eastern Cape	10	45	852	10	46	875
Free State	4	16	296	4	16	299
Gauteng	7	27	495	8	28	529
KwaZulu Natal	10	41	792	9	41	800
Mpumalanga	2	17	308	2	17	315
Northern Cape	0	3	46	0	5	84
Limpopo	7	33	610	7	35	642
North West	2	11	186	2	12	196
Western Cape	2	7	100	2	6	101
Total	44	200	3685	44	206	3841

In addition, part of the monitoring of the Kha Ri Gude Campaign includes the verification of learning through site visits to the centres. This function is performed by SAQA. The SAQA reports show positive views of the reality and authenticity of classes. The sites visited during the period 2012/13 and 2013/14 are as follows:

(b)(ii)

PROVINCE	2012/13	2013/14
Eastern Cape	20	38
Free State	3	19
Gauteng	10	42
Kwazulu-Natal	32	64
Limpopo	26	55
Mpumalanga	12	42
Northern Cape	0	13
North West	0	18
Western Cape	0	10

Unfortunately information regarding districts was not available.

The 2013/14 Performance Report of the Auditor General recommended that the monitoring of the Kha Ri Gude Campaign should be strengthened in order to deal with the challenges experienced in the programme relating to fraud and deceased learners amongst others.

The 2014/15 campaign was then strengthened by increasing the capacity of the DBE officials, focusing on unannounced site visits which have assisted the programme to eradicate fraud.