Question NW1727 to the Minister of Basic Education
21 June 2018 - NW1727
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to her reply to question 1076 on 08 May 2018, what is the (a) name, (b) location and (c) total number of vacancies of each school in each province as at the last reporting quarter?
Reply:
(a), (b) and (c)
As part of the monitoring of vacancies at schools in Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), the National Department of Basic Education requests and obtains aggregated reports on the number of vacancies on a quarterly basis. The Honourable Member is requested to direct the request on the detailed information on vacancies per school to the PEDs as such data are in their possession.
The number of posts and vacancies for the PEDs that have reported as at the end of March 2018 is shown below.
|
Province |
Number of Posts |
Number of Vacancies |
|
Eastern Cape |
50 296 |
4 742 |
|
Free State |
20 808 |
337 |
|
Gauteng |
58 754 |
312 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
90 057 |
Report outstanding |
|
Limpopo |
48 856 |
3 082 |
|
Mpumalanga |
34 777 |
250 |
|
Northern Cape |
10 651 |
105 |
|
North West |
28 744 |
551 |
|
Western Cape |
32 147 |
480 |
|
Total |
375 091 |
9 859 |
Source: PED Quarterly Reports