Question 36
Ms M W Makgate (ANC-NW) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
What plans her department has put in place to ensure that learners can make up for the lost time which occurred as a result of any service provider not being paid?
Reply:
Learners in public schools are taught by teachers who are employed by the provincial Departments of Education. Service providers are not used by government to provide daily lessons to learners. To date there are no reports that teachers have not been in the classroom or that there has been any lost time for learners.
Provincial Departments of Education may use service providers for Saturday classes, Winter classes or Spring classes. These are voluntary and in addition to the normal teaching time.
Issued by: Department of Basic Education
1 June 2010
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
