Question NW673 to the Minister of Basic Education
05 April 2017 - NW673
Brauteseth, Mr TJ to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to the State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2017, (a) how many schools have been built in South Africa since 1 January 2009, (b) what is the (i) name and (ii) location of each school, (c) which sphere of government constructed each school in each case and (d) on what date (i) was construction of each school started and (ii) was each school handed over and (e) what was the total cost of each construction?
Reply:
(a) As at the time of the State of the Nation Address, 895 schools had been built since 2009.
(b) (i) & (ii) The requested information can be found on the link to the following webpage: http://www.education.gov.za/Newsroom/ParliamentaryQuestions/NA673Annexure.aspx containing the Annexure with the name and location of the schools.
(c) Projects were implemented by the Provincial Education Departments as well as the National Department of Basic Education on the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative Project (ASIDI).
(d) Information on schools constructed by Provincial Education Departments has been requested and will be collated with the ASIDI projects and provided as soon as it is received.
(e) Information on the total cost of each school constructed by Provincial Education Departments has been requested and will be collated with the ASIDI projects and provided as soon as it is received.