Chairperson of the committee Kabelo Mataboge, tells OFM News despite varying challenges besieging the department, he is hopeful it will overcome them and deliver on its mandate.

On Friday the MEC for the department, Wendy Matsemela, and departmental officials appeared before the committee to answer questions on a number of challenges plaguing the department.

Mataboge says the department has some good plans.

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"They have tabled their plans for general improvement of the education sector. So there is quite a lot of positivity," Matobego adds.

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In 2019, OFM News reported that the department forfeited its R125 million conditional grant for schooling infrastructure to the Eastern Cape Province.

The North West Committee on Education is to meet with the department over its 2022/23 Annual Performance plan and Budget.

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