Question NW305 to the Minister of Basic Education
16 March 2017 - NW305
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to slide 23 of her department’s presentation on the Three Stream Model to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on 14 February 2017, what is the total cost of (a) printing the manuals for the orientation of educators and (b) training the (i) 60 specialist educators and subject advisors and (ii) envisaged 1 000 educators in each province in each case?
Reply:
a) The total cost of printing of manuals for the national training conducted by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has been R160 000.
b)(i) The 60 specialist educators and subject advisors referred to in the presentation, were responsible for the development of the content of the training manuals. The cost of the workshop was R640 000.
b)(ii) The cost of training 1000 educators across all provinces is estimated at R2 million.