Question NW555 to the Minister of Basic Education
25 March 2024 - NW555
Van Zyl, Ms A M to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What is the (a) total number of (i) children who make use of hostel facilities and (ii) existing hostels, (b) child to hostel ratio, (c) housemother to hostel ratio and (d) envisaged to existing and current housemother’s ratio at each special needs school that provides accommodation on site in each (aa) province and (bb) municipal area?
Reply:
(a) (i) Please see attached
(b) (c) (d) The requested information resides with the provinces. The Honourable member is kindly requested to direct the question to the Members of the Executive Council (MECs).