Question NW830 to the Minister of Basic Education
09 April 2018 - NW830
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to her reply to question 2249 on 6 September 2017 and her reply to question 126 on 28 February 2018, what is the reason for the discrepancy between the figures of 5 325 and 10 020 given as the number of learners enrolled at special schools for the deaf in the 2017 academic year?
Reply:
The figures reported on the 6 September 2017 were based on data uploaded to Learner Unit Record Information Tracking System (LURITS) as at 30 June 2017, which was not the final data as provinces were still uploading to LURITS. LURITS is an incremental system and it was the first time for the system to be used officially for reporting. While the 28 February 2018 response was based on the final LURITS data sets.