117859 GDE APP 201920 6th proof 26 July

B4. Programme 4: Public Special School Education

Programme purpose

• To provide compulsory public education in special schools in accordance with the South African Schools Act and White Paper 6 on inclusive education. • To provide specific public special schools with resources. • To provide departmental services for the professional and other development of educators and non-educators in public special schools. • To build effective and democratic public special schools and facilitate the expansion of inclusion. • To manage the policy for building an inclusive education and training system. • To co-ordinate the development and implementation of education psychological and therapist services. • To provide additional and departmentally managed sporting, cultural and reading activities in public special schools. • To provide for projects under Programme 4 specified by the Department of Basic Education and funded by conditional grants.

Key outputs and activities

Sub- Programmes

4.1 Schools

The focus of this sub-programme is to increase access to Public Special Schools across the province. The Department will continue to strive to ensure that all required services and equipment are available to enhance the quality of teaching and learning to learners who experience barriers to learning and development. Existing special schools will be optimally utilised. Full Service Schools will be established to expand support provisioning in line with the SIAS policy (Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support). Special School Resource Centres will be the point within the district from which services will be made available to Full Service Schools as outlined in the SIAS Policy. District-Based Support Teams will ensure that all schools establish functional School Based Support Teams to effectively implement the SIAS policy. Learners who require the use of assistive devices will be provided with those devices to ensure that they reach their potential. The physical infrastructure will be fully adapted and upgraded with the relevant ICT equipment.

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