Infrastructure Development

 

The Northern Cape Department of Education has achieved all targets relating to providing basic services, including water, sanitation, and power supply (electricity) in terms of actual access to services as articulated in the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure. The Department does not form part of the SAFE Initiative as there are currently no schools in the Northern Cape with only PIT Latrines; all schools have been provided with either VIP toilets, EnviroLoo’s or Flush Toilets.

The Department, however, focuses on upgrading these basic services and increasing the reliability as a Second-Line Priority. An audit on sanitation facilities revealed that the NCDoE requires an additional 2 321 regular toilets and 1 303 Grade R toilets to comply with the prescribed learner to toilet ratio. The ramping up of Grade R and RR is likely to substantially increase this number as the NCDoE takes over the administration of ECD from the Department of Social Development.

The Northern Cape currently have 43 schools classified as entirely Inappropriate Structures; this includes schools located in the Asbestos Belt, where these schools will have to be relocated, and an additional 46 schools classified as partial Inappropriate Structures, where these structures and roofs also have to be replaced. An estimated budget of R3.85 billion will be needed to complete these 89 schools, and the Department, however, will attempt to prioritise two replacements of inappropriate structures each financial year.

The need for additional ordinary classrooms and Grade R Classrooms is evident in schools experiencing overcrowding and where schools utilize mobile classrooms that were provided as a short- and medium-term solution. The provisioning of new ordinary classrooms and Grade R Classrooms and the replacement of mobile classrooms currently in the system significantly impact the prioritization and budgeting processes. In line with this, several new schools are also planned in areas where high learner enrollment is evident; this includes but is not limited to towns such as Kimberley, Kuruman and Upington.

Infrastructure within the province is in a fair to poor condition; various schools consist of old, outdated and under-maintained infrastructure, resulting in high maintenance costs. The Department prioritized the maintenance of school facilities as a whole instead of maintaining as emergency or just portions of a school, thus resulting in the maintenance plan that can be implemented every seven years. Schools are encouraged and recommended to utilize their school maintenance allocation.

Other examples of priorities competing for the infrastructure budget are introducing special schools to districts with none, specialized rooms such as Science Laboratories, Media Centres, Computer Classrooms and Libraries, Nutrition Centres and the need for security infrastructure (e.g. fencing) due to high vandalism rates.

 

NATURE OF INVESTMENT BREAKDOWN

TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS 23/24 MTEF

 BUDGET 2023/24

 BUDGET 2024/25

 BUDGET 2025/26

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

261

 R290 947 365

 R58 226 311

 R68 538 892

NEW OR REPLACED INFRASTRUCTURE

38

 R189 116 799

 R289 429 731

 R421 156 758

NON-INFRASTRUCTURE

11

 R59 945 951

 R35 000 000

 R36 810 407

REHABILITATION, RENOVATIONS & REFURBISHMENT

15

 R39 424 214

 R35 684 924

 R6 814 375

UPGRADING AND ADDITIONS

160

 R131 314 670

 R216 546 035

 R130 009 569

LEASES

2

 R6 500 000

   

Grand Total

487

 R717 249 000

 R634 887 000

 R663 330 000

 Business plan

NCDOE 2024/25 EIG Business Plan Final IAMP

 

Project list

2024/25 MTEF Education Infrustructure Project List 

2024/25 MTEF Final Infrustructue  Project List ECD-CG 

2019/20 Project List

2018/19 Project List 

2017/18 Project List 

2016/17 Project List

2015/16 Project list

2014/15 Project List

 

NInfrustructure Asset Management

2025/2026  Infrustructure Asset Management Plan 

 

Evaluation Report

2023/24 End of year Evauation Report

2022/23 End of year Evaluation Report 

 

Norms and Standard progress report

2023 Norms and Standard progress report

2022 Norms and Standard progress report

2021 Norms and Standard progress report

2020 Norms and Standard progress report

2019 Norms and Standard progress report

2018 Norms and Standard progress report

2017 Norms and Standard progress report

2016 Norms and Standard progress report

Norms and Standard progress report