DA Gauteng Debates the Department of Education budget for 2017/18

The following speeches were delivered in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature yesterday by DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education, Khume Ramulifho MPL, and DA Gauteng Spokesperson for Education, Ashor Sarupen MPL, during the debate on the Department of Gauteng’s 2017/18 budget.

Speech by
Khume Ramulifho MPL

“GP education budget will not empower the youth and future”

  • Despite the state’s constitutional obligation to provide and fund education for the poor, the path from Grade 1 to Matric is fast becoming a road less travelled.
  • These young people are not engaged in economic activities and are now joining Social Development queues, instead Economic Development queues.
  • The NDP objective to eradicate infrastructure backlogs and ensure that all schools meet the minimum standards by 2016 wasn’t met.

The full speech can be found here.
Speech by
Ashor Sarupen MPL

“SADTU runs GP education, not the MEC”

  • This budget and its priorities do not acknowledge the SADTU problem, nor does it attempt to solve it.
  • We still are not doing a good enough job compared to our friends and neighbours on the continent.
  • The DA is not convinced that the ANC-led government in Gauteng has the political will to address the myriad of issues facing the education system

The full speech can be found here.