Many pupils have not been provided with top-up textbooks since schools reopened in January. File picture: EUGENE COETZEE.
While all learning and teaching support materials had to be delivered by March 31, Business Day reported on Monday that a snap survey of 400 schools in the province by the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA revealed that 113 of those that responded by last Friday had not received textbooks.
In his letter, Mabuyane referred to a letter he addressed to Mbude dated March 30 and her response dated April 4. He told Mbude that he had considered her representations but was not convinced that her continued presence in the department “will not hinder the investigation”. “Dr Mbude said she had discovered the department had been deliberately submitting manual orders for textbooks and stationery for years, delaying the payment for the said materials until the next financial year due to insufficient funds in the current budget.”“Dr Mbude also informed the committee that the reason the infrastructure budget has been underspent is due to significant irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure she has discovered in the infrastructure programme.
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