Education Committee monitors North West and Limpopo schools for 2015

Loyiso Langeni
25 November 2014

The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education has embarked on an oversight visit to the North West and Limpopo. 

The aim of the visit is to see preparations for school readiness for 2015 and assess school nutrition programme.

Last month several learners were hospitalised for eating food contaminated with particles of glass and stones in Limpopo. 

Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Basic Education Nomalungelo Gina said we are going to monitor the readiness of the schools for the upcoming year, mostly the Learner Teacher Support Materials, are they delivered and enough, are the teachers there at the beginning of the year for our schools well functionally.

Gina added that they will also be looking at issues many programmes that we have in department like school nutrition is it well taken of.