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The districts are responsible for the management of education, with policy and planning being handled by the head office. Each district is also divided into a number of "circuits", which provide advice, support, and specialised facilities to a smaller collection of schools.
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era, education in South Africa was segregated according to race, with different government departments administering schools for the different races. What is now the Western Cape was at that time part of the
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The administrative head of the department, subordinate to the Minister, is the Superintendent-General of Education (also known as the Head of Education); as of November 2009 this is Penny Vinjevold.
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The Western Cape is divided into eight education districts; four are "rural" districts which correspond to one or more
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11,845,691,000. It is responsible for all primary and secondary education in the province, including the provision of
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In the 2010/11 financial year the department had 40,181 employees and a budget of
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came into effect, abolishing the old provinces and establishing the
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students were run by the Education Department of the
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Western Cape Education Department 61:Department of Education and Culture 50:Department of Education and Culture 13: 284:On 27 April 1994, the date of the 14: 1261: 1141:Western Cape Education Department 1016:South African College High School 831:Alexander Sinton Secondary School 717:Western Cape Education Department 539: 199:Western Cape Education Department 17:Western Cape Education Department 1240:Subnational education ministries 760:Cannons Creek Independent School 623:Economic Development and Tourism 234:Provincial Minister of Education 155:Provincial Minister of Education 775:Darul Islam Islamic High School 1245:Ministries established in 1994 1235:Government of the Western Cape 1189:La Rochelle Girls' High School 931:Hottentots Holland High School 916:Gardens Commercial High School 591:Government of the Western Cape 498: 476: 450: 318:Further Education and Training 263:Cape Provincial Administration 211:Government of the Western Cape 170:Brent Walters, Head: Education 73:Government of the Western Cape 1: 1250:Education in the Western Cape 906:Eersterivier Secondary School 443: 1082:Ellerslie Girls' High School 986:Rondebosch Boys' High School 936:Jan van Riebeeck High School 299: 7: 1174:Bridgetown Secondary School 996:Rustenburg School for Girls 881:Chris Hani Secondary School 871:Bridgetown Secondary School 815:St. George's Grammar School 770:Christel House South Africa 109:33.91700639°S 18.42449139°E 10: 1266: 1209:Rhenish Girls' High School 1179:Kayamandi Secondary School 1066:Wynberg Girls' High School 663:Transport and Public Works 618:Cultural Affairs and Sport 243: 1166: 1150: 1135: 1074: 1061:Wynberg Boys' High School 956:Masiphumelele High School 946:Lavender Hill High School 926:Harold Cressy High School 823: 747: 734:GlenBridge Special School 726: 711: 597: 277:students were run by the 269:students were run by the 177: 163: 143: 132: 124: 114:-33.91700639; 18.42449139 78: 68: 34: 26: 21: 1214:Stellenbosch High School 1087:Tot Nut van het Algemeen 1036:The Settlers High School 971:Parel Vallei High School 271:House of Representatives 48:House of Representatives 1199:Paarl Boys' High School 1021:Stellenberg High School 951:Livingstone High School 901:Eben Dönges High School 896:Durbanville High School 866:Brackenfell High School 841:Belhar Secondary School 765:Cape Town French School 551:Western Cape Government 349:district municipalities 324:, and the oversight of 44:Department of Education 1129:Cape Winelands Schools 1051:Westerford High School 1031:Table View High School 1011:Spine Road High School 1006:Sinenjongo High School 891:D.F. 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Index

Cape Province
House of Representatives
Department of Education and Training
House of Delegates
Government of the Western Cape
Cape Town
South Africa
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David Maynier, MPP
Provincial Minister of Education
wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za
department
Government of the Western Cape
primary
secondary
education
Western Cape
South Africa
Provincial Minister of Education
Donald Grant
apartheid
Cape Province
white
Cape Provincial Administration
coloured
House of Representatives
black
Department of Education and Training
1994 general election

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