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FREE STATE PROVINCE Department of Education. PROVISIONING OF TOILETS AND RUNNING WATER TO SCHOOLS. BACKGROUND. Inherited a huge number of schools in poor conditions and with inadequate facilities.
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FREE STATE PROVINCEDepartment of Education PROVISIONING OF TOILETS AND RUNNING WATER TO SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND • Inherited a huge number of schools in poor conditions and with inadequate facilities. • Schools in historically disadvantaged areas are without necessary basic infrastructure and amenities. • Challenged to address the backlogs in basic physical infrastructure like available, clean running water and sanitation. • The most acute shortages in running water and toilets are found in rural areas.
Interventions required • Effective use of Departmental allocations over current MTEF to eradicate some backlogs • Other externally funded interventions – erection of new toilets and installation of water • Exploring cost-effective modes of delivery
Interventions required (Cont.) • Through provisioning of water and sanitation, other sustainable projects to improve the quality of life of learners at farm and rural schools, especially orphans. • Collaboration with Dept. of Agriculture to establish Food Gardens – to provide sustainable meals to especially orphans. • Such a projects will be jeopardized by a lack of water at schools • About 40% of orphans within the department are at farm and rural schools.
Objectives of the Interventions • To be a department that improves the quality of life of all Free State citizens by providing, erecting and maintaining basic infrastructure to all its schools. • To increase funding for the provision of toilets at 295 needy schools. • To address the backlog of running water at 534 schools in the Province.
Objectives of the Interventions • The eradication of the use of pit and bucket systems at schools. ( More than 80 % of backlog is linked to the eradication of unsafe pit toilets and bucket systems. • Adhere to the basic requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
Beneficiaries of an Intervention • The entire Free State population in general and approximately 80 000 learners in particular will benefit from this project. • Create an environment conducive to learning and teaching. • To optimise every development opportunity provided through this project. • To create employment opportunities for the unemployed.
Departmental Strategy – Toilets (Interventions for current MTEF)
Departmental Strategy – Water (Interventions for current MTEF)
The Grand Total spend for Water and Sanitation over the three year period is about – R 9 035 000-00.
Phasing-in of intervention • The total cost of the intervention: = R 26 million Proposed intervention: 2004/5 – R 8 million 2005/6 – R 8 million 2006/7 – R 10 million (This will eradicate the backlogs over the current MTEF provided R 26 million is made available)