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LEARNER TRANSPORT

LEARNER TRANSPORT. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 15 MAY 2007. CONTENTS. Issues in learner transport DoE research Current provision Next steps. Issues in learner transport. Effective access & implications: Location of schools Transport Hostels

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LEARNER TRANSPORT

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  1. LEARNER TRANSPORT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 15 MAY 2007

  2. CONTENTS • Issues in learner transport • DoE research • Current provision • Next steps

  3. Issues in learner transport • Effective access & implications: • Location of schools • Transport • Hostels • Substantial difference between provinces in approaches • Wide coverage of problems with bus service • Perceived quality of service, especially with reference to learner safety • Agreements & payment of contractors • In response, DoE commissioned experts

  4. Objectives of the study • Gather information on existing learner transport schemes both internationally, nationally and sub-nationally. • Evaluate and develop alternate strategies to improve access to schools in SA • Formulate a national framework on learner transport assistance schemes, as a guideline for PEDS

  5. Status quo National Household Travel Survey (Department of Transport: 2003) • 75% of learners take less than 30 minutes to walk from home to school • As many as 5% of those walking (or more than 570,000 learners) take longer than 1 hour to reach their place of education; • 25% of primary school children (1,7 million) and 36% of high school learners (1,8 million) walk longer than 30 minutes or about 3 km in one direction; • High proportion of learners walking longer than 30 minutes to reach education sites in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and North West .

  6. Status quo (2) • Learner transport policy and implementation in 8 of the 9 provinces (KwaZulu-Natal only proceeding now). • Diverse provincial practice: • Type of support • Mostly contracted dedicated transport service • Also: • Money/cash for using public transport • Non-motorised transport (bicycles) • Criteria for participation • Generally distance (3 to 5 km) • Income sometimes factored in

  7. Status quo (3) • NW managed by Department of Transport, information not available • KwaZulu-Natal – no learner transport in the past

  8. Current processes • Internal consultation within education sector on appropriate way forward • What is required? (national policy, national guidelines or provincial prerogative) • Clear responsibilities • Scope of what is required? (From broad policy to management system to operations) • Transport participated together with provinces in processes around the study but further consultation required

  9. Potential impact • Key decision on whether a national distance or other norm should be set • Implications not insignificant • Implications for numbers transported and expenditure identified in table below

  10. THANK YOU

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