Question NW136 to the Minister of Basic Education

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Yes, the information was received. Please find attached NA 3982. See below:

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QUESTION 3982

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 01/12/2017

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 47/2017

3982. Mr I M Ollis (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

(a) What is the current backlog for schools requiring (i) sanitation, (ii) electricity, (iii) water and (iv) replacement due to inappropriate materials and (b) of these, what number of schools will be provided with this infrastructure in the (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019-20 financial years? NW4528E

a) The table below indicate backlogs for (i) sanitation, (ii) electricity, (iii) water and (iv) replacement due to inappropriate materials.

PROVINCE	Schools without Sanitation	Schools without electricity	Schools without Water	Inappropriate material
Eastern Cape	25	105	49	471
Free State	0	0	0	18
Gauteng	0	0	0	29
KwaZulu -Natal	0	115	0	3
Limpopo	0	0	0	0
Mpumalanga	0	0	0	0
North West	0	0	0	1
Northern Cape	0	0	0	27
Western Cape	0	0	0	17
Total	25	220	49	566

b) (i) All the schools which have basic services backlogs (water, electricity and sanitation) are under implementation and are targeted to be completed in 2017/2018 financial year, and 205 schools built of inappropriate material are targeted to be completed by the end of the 2017/2018 financial year.

(ii) 57 Schools built of entirely inappropriate material are targeted to be completed in the 2018/2019 financial year, and

(iii) 48 Schools built of entirely inappropriate material are targeted to be completed in the 2019/2020 financial year.

The remaining schools built with entirely inappropriate material are going to be replaced in the outer years as the backlogs are huge and not all the schools could be addressed within the current MTEF due to financial constraints.