Question No. 313
Mr AM Mpontshane (Inkata Freedom Party) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
How many schools in each province still need (a) libraries, (b) laboratories and (c) toilets?
Reply:
The total number of schools (primary and secondary ordinary) need:
(a) Libraries
Province and number of schools without libraries
Eastern Cape: 5 128
Free State: 1 194
Gauteng: 846
KwaZulu-Natal: 4 632
Limpopo: 3 642
Mpumalanga: 1 527
North West: 1 374
Northern Cape: 432
Western Cape: 690
National: 19 465
(b) Laboratories
Province and number of schools without laboratories
Eastern Cape: 5 184
Free State: 1 279
Gauteng: 1 223
KwaZulu-Natal: 5 128
Limpopo: 3 699
Mpumalanga: 1 636
North West: 1 428
Northern Cape: 953
National: 20 961
(c) Toilets
Province and number of schools
Eastern Cape: 524
Free State: 80
Gauteng: 4
KwaZulu-Natal: 135
Limpopo: 44
Mpumalanga: 17
North West: 37
Northern Cape: 3
Western Cape: 2
National: 846
Note: The above mentioned schools have no sanitation facilities.
Issued by: Department of Basic Education
11 February 2010
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
