benefit from the 40% learners in no fee schools in 2007 declaration
22 November 2006
The Department of Education wishes to announce that all the nine provincial
Departments of Education have submitted their lists of number of learners and
schools, which would benefit from the 40% learners in no fee schools
declaration by the Minister Education, Mrs Naledi Pandor, in 2007.
The Minister of Education, Mrs Naledi Pandor, recently declared in
Parliament that 40% of learners would benefit from no-fee schools in 2007.
Listed below is the number of learners and schools per province.
Declaring no fee schools in 2007
Eastern Cape
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 1 224 711
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 3 825
Free State
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 298 184
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 1 304
Gauteng
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 383 674
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 421
KwaZulu-Natal
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 1 173 503
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 3 341
Limpopo
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 1 015 524
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 2 557
Mpumalanga
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 404 432
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 938
Northern Cape
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 102 244
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 335
North West
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 267 042
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 728
Western Cape
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 132 560
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 407
Total
Number of learners in no fee schools in 2007: 5 001 874
Number of no fee schools in 2007: 13 856
Please Note: The full list of no fee schools per province, their location
and allocation is expected to be published in the Government Gazette by next
Friday, 1 December 2006.
Lunga Ngqengelele
Tel: (012) 312 5538
Cell: 082 566 0446
E-mail: ngqengelele.l@doe.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Education
22 November 2006