MPLS DEPLOYED TO KZN SCHOOLS TO MONITOR THEIR FUNCTIONALITY

6 FEBRUARY 2022
TO ALL MEDIA
SUBJECT MPLs DEPLOYED TO MONITOR SCHOOL FUNCTIONALITY

Today, 6 September 2022 from 7:30am, Members of the Legislature are set to
monitor the functioning of schools across the province. The programme called School
Functionality Monitoring is a tool used by the legislature to conduct oversight over the
department of education, and it helps to assess service delivery in various areas in
schools. These areas include availability of educators versus learners, infrastructure
needs, community involvement in the running of schools, effectiveness of school
governing bodies, and other needs that may impact negatively on teaching and
learning.

During these oversight visits recommendations to improve teaching and learning are
generated and are based on two areas, namely, there are those that are at a level of
schools and those that require either the district or the department at a head office
levels to implement. The report is compiled, debated in the Legislature but ultimately
handed over to the department for implementation of the recommendations. The
legislature continues to monitor the implementation through its Education Portfolio
Committee.

“This programme is of great assistance to the Committee as it allows us to get a
sense of what is happening across many schools and gives us an idea of the
magnitude of challenges the department may be facing, and what needs to be done
to improve the situation, and this means that the work of the legislature as the
oversight arm of the state is fully enhanced”, the Chairperson of the Education
Portfolio Committee, Hon Sifiso Sonjica said.

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Wesley Canham
KZN Legislature
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Media Liaison and PR