Question no. 1178
Mr J J van der Linde (Democratic Alliance) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Whether all (a) primary and (b) high schools in all provinces should have minimum sporting facilities; if not, (i) why not and (ii) when will minimum sporting facilities be enforced; if so, what sporting facilities does each school have;
(2) (a) what sporting facilities does each (i) primary and (ii) high school have and
(b) In which province is each such school situated?
Reply:
(1) All schools should have minimum sporting facilities. The department has drafted a school sport policy which will ensure that each school offers at least two or more sporting codes. Schools generally have a combination of sport facilities for the following codes: soccer/rugby, netball, hockey, tennis, athletics, cricket and swimming.
(2) The attached table gives an overview of all 24,460 ordinary schools per province according to the sporting codes mentioned above. The last column captures the number of schools per province which have no facilities at all with a total of 4,081.
Issued by: Department of Basic Education
19 April 2010
Source: Department of Basic Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
