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B6. Programme 6: Infrastructure Development

Programme purpose

• To provide and maintain infrastructure and facilities for administration and schools. • To provide for the project funded by the Education Infrastructure Grant.

Key outputs and activities

Sub-programmes

6.1 Administration

The Education Infrastructure Programme provides for administration infrastructure that is in line with the appropriate Norms and Standards of school buildings. Administration buildings in schools are provided with sick- rooms, store rooms, photocopying rooms and other amenities that are required to serve schools of the future. Lately, administration buildings are also provided with rooms for school nutrition.

6.2 Public Ordinary Schools

The main objective of this sub programme is to provide and maintain infrastructure facilities for public ordinary schools in line with the norms and standards for school Infrastructure. The Department plans to replace 29 asbestos schools of which 17 asbestos schools are planned to be completed by the end of the 2019/20 financial year. In line with the Norms and Standards the Department will improve and accelerate infrastructure delivery by replacing 84 mobile schools, upgrading water provisioning at 513 schools, upgrading electricity supply at 210 schools and upgrading sanitation provisioning at 726.

6.3 Special Schools

Special schools are included in the Department’s Infrastructure projects. New buildings of special schools are in line with the smart school’s strategy that are adapted for learners with multiple disabilities. Existing schools and Full-Service schools are being converted and upgraded to align to the new requirements. They are fitted with ramps, Smart boards, listening devices, therapist rooms and other required amenities. Two new schools are currently under construction.

6.4 Early Childhood Development

To ensure that all learners entering the schooling system have participated in early childhood education regardless of their socio-economic status, additional classrooms are built in primary schools to accommodate the large numbers of learners registering in Grade R at these schools. In areas where there is extreme demand, mobile classrooms adapted to young children are provided in such schools. In addition, schools are also provided with fencing to demarcate play areas for learners.

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