Change in contractor led to delay in textbook delivery in Limpopo, official says
But the DA’s Jacques Smalle has blamed the delay on the late appointment of the service provider to deliver textbooks in the province
The Department of Basic Education in Limpopo has attributed the slight delay in the delivery of study materials to a change in contractor. Departmental spokesperson in Limpopo Dr Naledzani Rasila said the delay was the result of an agreement with the previous contractor coming to an end, and the government entering an agreement with a new contractor. His response came after the DA’s spokesperson for education in Limpopo, Jacques Smalle, dared the Limpopo basic education department to publicly provide a full and frank disclosure on why at least 30 schools in the province were without learning materials for the 2017 academic year. Smalle blamed the delay on the late appointment of the service provider to deliver textbooks. He said schools had communicated the number of possible enrolments by the end of October 2016 but work on securing textbooks, which should have been done at the end of 2016, only began at the beginning of the 2017 academic year. "[This gives] a clear indication of t...
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