Question NW3270 to the Minister of Basic Education

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09 November 2017 - NW3270

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Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(a) What number of schools that have been built through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (i) has been completed, but not yet handed over to the provincial department and/or (ii) are occupied in each province and (b) for each specified school, (i) what is the name of the school, (ii) on what date was the construction completed and (iii) what was the reason for the delay in occupation?

Reply:

(a) 184 schools have been built through the ASIDI programme since inception. (See attached Annexure)

  1. 184 Schools have been completed and handed over to the provincial department.
  2. All 184 have been handed over and occupied.

(b) (1) and (ii) See attached annexure

  (ii) The only delay to have occurred was in the Western Cape when structural defects were discovered in three (3) schools. These have since been remedied and the educators and learners have since taken occupation.