Question No. 1164
Mr JRB Lorimer (Democratic Alliance) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Whether any additional (a) primary and or (b) secondary schools are to be built in the Phomolong area; if not, why not; if so, (i) how many schools are to be built and (ii) when will they be completed;
(2) What is the (a) actual and (b) optimal number of learners for the (i) Phomolong Primary School and (ii) Phomolong Secondary School?
Reply:
1. (a) None (b) None. No new primary or secondary schools are planned to be built in the Phomolong area. (i) Not applicable (ii) Not applicable
2. (a) For actual number of learners in Phomolong public schools (see table A hereunder)
(b) Optimal number of learners in Phomolong public schools (see table A hereunder)
Table A
Name of school
* Bahale Secondary School
Classrooms: 22
Actual number of learners: 1 052
Optimal number of learners: 770
* Reiketseditse Intermediate School
Classrooms: 19
Actual number of learners: 787
Optimal number of learners: 703
* Kweetsa Primary School
Classrooms: 25
Actual number of learners: 1 008
Optimal number of learners: 1 000
* Moso Primary School 24 913 960
Classrooms: 24
Actual number of learners: 913
Optimal number of learners: 960
* Phomolong Primary School 21 613 840
Classrooms: 21
Actual number of learners: 613
Optimal number of learners: 840
* Total
Classrooms: 111
Actual number of learners: 4 379
Optimal number of learners: 4 273
Learner classrooms ratio for secondary schools: 35:1
Learner classroom ratio for intermediate schools: 37:1
Learner classroom ratio for primary schools: 40:1
Statistics in table A indicate that there is a shortage of eight classrooms for secondary, two for intermediate and a surplus of seven classrooms for primary schools. This information will used to plan for the provision of the required classrooms during the current medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) 2010/11 to 2012/13.
Issued by: Department of Basic Education
19 April 2010
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
