The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education will next week visit schools in four provinces to assess their readiness for the 2024 academic year.
The focus of the visit will include, among other things, infrastructure; ablution facilities in schools/pit-latrines eradication in Eastern Cape; flood damaged schools/school infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal; Grade R/early childhood development sites monitoring, as per migration shift of 2022; delivery of learner-teacher study material; nutrition; learner transport; special schools support; and meeting with stakeholders to discuss the state of schooling in 2024.
The committee will divide into two groups, with one delegation visiting schools in North West and the Eastern Cape while the second delegation will visit schools in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. Dividing into two groups ensures that the committee reaches as many schools as possible in several provinces.
Details of the draft programme for Monday, 22 January 2024, are as follows:
North West delegation:
9:30 – 17:30 Visits to School in Ngaka Modiri Molema Education District
9:30 – 11:00 Pinagare High School
11:30 – 13:00 P H Moeketsi Agricultural School
14:00 – 15:30 Molelema Primary School
Limpopo delegation:
9:00 - 16:00 Visits to School in Vhembe East Education District
9:30 – 11:00 Miriyavhavha Technical Secondary School
11:30 – 13:00 Tshilidzini Special School
14:00 – 15:30 Tshakhuma Primary School
16:00 – 17:30 Mbilwi Secondary School
For media enquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact:
Name: Rajaa Azzakani (Ms)
Tel: 021 403 8437
Cell: 081 703 9542
E-mail: razzakani@parliament.gov.za
