Question NW504 to the Minister of Basic Education
31 March 2017 - NW504
Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Since her reply to oral question 117 on 24 August 2016, what progress has her department made in implementing each of the 16 recommendations made in the report of the Ministerial Task Team investigating allegations into the selling of posts of educators by members of teachers’ unions and departmental officials in provincial education departments?
Reply:
All the cases have been referred to the relevant Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) for the implementation of the recommendations of the Ministerial Task Team (MTT).
The Department has established a Special Task Team comprising of representatives from the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Northern Cape to ensure that the recommendations are implemented and that progress reports are provided to the Minister. This team is assisted by two (2) representatives from the Department of Justice.
The progress reports from the Special Task Team will be presented at a meeting scheduled to take place in the last week of April 2017.