Question NW1022 to the Minister of Basic Education
23 April 2018 - NW1022
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) number of (i) high schools and (ii) primary schools offer healthcare services, (b) is the (i) location and (ii) name of each specified school, (c) health services are on offer, (d) is the cost of the health services and (e) is the number of employees in each profession who provide the health services at each school?
Reply:
(a), (b) and (c) The Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP) is implemented by school health teams employed by the Department of Health (DoH) in provinces. The reach of the services and the package provided, is dependent on the availability and composition of these school health teams in each geographic area. The Department of Basic Education receives signed off collated data on the number of learners that have received services in the preceding quarter from the national Department of Health. The list of schools is not provided.
(d) and (e) The cost of the school health services as well as the number of employees are the responsibility of each respective Provincial Education Department. This information is not available at DBE.