Question NW1980 to the Minister of Basic Education
13 July 2017 - NW1980
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
How many (a) braille writers and (b) voice synthesisers (i) were employed in each of the past three financial years and (ii) is currently employed in each (aa) full service, (bb) special needs and (cc) mainstream school in each province?
Reply:
The number of (a) Braille writers and (b) voice synthesisers that were (i) employed in each of the past three financial years are provided in the table below:
|
Province |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
|||
|
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
|
|
EC |
49 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
|
FS |
117 |
55 |
117 |
55 |
165 |
65 |
|
GT |
71 |
44 |
46 |
18 |
0 |
12 |
|
KZN (this is for 1 school) |
17 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
44 |
4 |
|
LP |
532 |
0 |
425 |
0 |
281 |
0 |
|
MP |
15 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
|
NC |
20 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
NW |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
WC |
0 |
0 |
145 |
0 |
214 |
0 |
|
Total |
821 |
103 |
884 |
97 |
881 |
103 |
NB: The numbers for North West province are still being sourced.
The number of (a) Braille writers and (b) voice synthesisers that are (ii) currently employed in (aa) full service, (bb) special needs and (cc) mainstream school in each province, are represented in the table below:
|
Province |
Full service school |
Special schools |
Mainstream schools |
|||
|
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
Number of Braille writers |
Number of voice synthesisers |
|
|
EC |
0 |
0 |
111 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
FS |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
GT |
0 |
12 |
116 |
61 |
1 |
1 |
|
KZN |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
LP |
0 |
0 |
1 238 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MP |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NW |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
WC |
0 |
0 |
214 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
12 |
1 710 |
63 |
1 |
1 |