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SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND HOSTELS
Education District
School Name
Local Municipality
Project Location
Project No.
EMIS No.
Work completed
Implementing Date Agent completed
Project Budget
ALFRED NZO WEST AMATHOLE WEST BUFFALO CITY
SIVE SPECIAL SCHOOL
Matatiele Nkonkobe Buffalo City
Cedarville
P0001839 P9006527 P9008281
200501449
200100296
200200998
SPECIAL SCHOOLS & HOSTELS
IDT 06/2018 DBSA 07/2018 DBSA 10/2018
R124,045,020.94 R46,261,164.97 R4,185,540.36
HEALDTOWN COMPREHENSIVE
Lamyeni
HOSTEL SPECIAL SCHOOLS
COLLEGE STREET PRIMARY
East London CBD
Project Pro le: Sive Special School
Project quick facts
Access to the school was extremely dif cult due to poor road conditions and learners from four classes were taught in a small hall which also served as a staff room, storage area and tv room. The school had no recreation facilities. Over the years the community became discouraged by the poor infrastructure and learner enrolment dwin- dled.
Project type: Education District: Local Municipality: Project Location: Emis No: Implementing Agent:
Special Schools & Hostels Alfred Nzo West
Matatiele
Cedarville
Allocated budget: Construction Period: Project completed:
200501449 Independent Development Trust R124 million
In 2007 a strategic decision was taken to relo- cate the school to a central location in the small farming town of Cedarville in the Matatiele district.
54 months June 2018
Construction of the brand new Sive Special school was concluded in June 2018. The new school consists of eight classrooms; a 102-bed hostel; 34 toilets; a multi-purpose centre; two tech- nical workshops; and an administration block. The school also boasts almost a kilometre of secure fencing.
Established in 1994, the same year that our country became a democracy, Sive Special school for the deaf had very little to celebrate. Located in the remote mountainous Maluti District, this once forgotten school, was the only one in the Alfred Nzo district which catered for hearing impaired learners.
Back in 1994 the school had 25 learners. Today, 174 learners from Grade R to 11 are accommodat- ed, with plans to include Grade 12 as from 2020. In tandem with the growth of the school, the teach- ing and support staff has also grown to meet the demands of the special needs’ learners. As one of the few schools for the deaf in the Eastern Cape, the school is steadily growing and would require more infrastructural investment in the future.