NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 3506
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11/09/2015
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 37/2015
3506.
Ms H S Boshoff (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1)
(a) How many full service schools have adapted their scholar transport
vehicles to accommodate the needs of (i) disabled learners, particularly (aa)
wheelchair-bound learners and (bb) visually-impaired learners in respect of
each province and district and (b) what is the total number of vehicles that
have been adapted for the specified purpose in each province;
(2)
how many (a) full service schools have boarding facilities to accommodate
learners with disabilities and (b) learners are currently placed on a waiting
list due to lack of accommodation in respect of each province and district;
(3)
how many full service schools with boarding accommodation do not have
sufficient support staff to provide for the needs of learners with disabilities in
respect of each province and district?
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RESPONSES:
(1)(a) Full service schools do not as yet have their specific transport to transport learners
and therefore there are:
(i)
no vehicles that can accommodate disabled learners, particularly
(aa)
(bb)
learners who are wheelchair users
learners with visual impairment in respect of each province and
district.
(b) There are no vehicles that have been adapted for the specified purpose in each
province.
(2)
There are (a) 36 full service schools with boarding facilities, of which it is not certain
how many are able to accommodate learners with disabilities and (b) DBE is not
aware of learners who are currently placed on waiting lists due to accommodation in
respect of each province and district.
(3)
The information on full service schools with boarding facilities that are without
sufficient support staff is not readily available. DBE will make future plans to collect
the data.