North West Provincial Exco resolved to act against officials responsible for shortage of learner teaching support material. This follows a briefing from MEC for Education and Training, Louisa Mabe on Wednesday.
“We apologise for the inconvenience that learners experienced as a result of the actions and or non-action of officials in the department. We owe it to our children to take drastic action against those who brought this unacceptable state of affairs and shame upon us and those who misled the provincial government on the supply of textbooks and stationery on numerous occasions. No stone will be left unturned in the investigations that are underway. We will not protect those responsible at the expense of learners.”-Premier Mme Thandi Modise.
Modise said that besides taking steps against service providers who were paid whilst they had not delivered the full quota of ordered materials, those who processed full payments would have to answer for their actions.
“The integrity of our supply chain management processes has to be protected at all costs to ensure that this despicable experience does not reoccur.”
She said that investigation would also cover whether managers at all levels of the provincial department, from the Acting Superintendent General, Provincial, Regional, Area Project Office officials and school managers had carried out their responsibilities for early intervention and to rectify the situation.”
MEC Mabe will brief media on the extend of the shortages and steps to be taken against those responsible including support programmes on Tuesday 21 August 2012.
The briefing will be held in the Director General’s Boardroom, Third Floor Ga-Rona Building in Mmabatho at 10h00.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele
Tel: 018 388 3705
Cell: 083 629 1987
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E-mail: LKgwele@gmail.com
NWest to act on textbook shortages-Premier Thandi Modise
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