Question NW1007 to the Minister of Basic Education
08 May 2018 - NW1007
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.