Question NW1007 to the Minister of Basic Education

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08 May 2018 - NW1007

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Tshwaku, Mr M to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(a) What number of (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each province do not have libraries and (b) what amount of funding is required to build libraries in all schools?

Reply:

PROVINCE

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

HIGH SCHOOLS

Eastern Cape

3 083

1 854

Free State

581

157

Gauteng

586

175

KwaZulu -Natal

3 001

1 393

Limpopo

2 384

1 198

Mpumalanga

1 041

344

North West

837

276

Northern Cape

244

129

Western Cape

257

20

Total

12 014

5 546

b) An estimated amount of R 28 billion is required to build libraries in all schools without libraries. It should however, be noted that some schools use corner libraries, mobile libraries, container libraries and community libraries. The above figures only refer to brick and mortar libraries.

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