1. In 2007 and 2009, the Western Cape Education Department initiated the Learning, Teaching and Support Material (LTSM) Special Projects to provide Grades 11 and 12 learners with a textbook per subject.
2. In the ensuing year, schools received Norms and Standards funding with which to eliminate textbook shortages. However, recent school readiness reports indicate that some schools have textbook shortages in Grades 11 and 12.
3. At the commencement of the 2011 academic year, the Superintendent-General, Ms Vinjevold, approved the supply of textbook top-ups for Grades 11 and 12 to ensure that each learner in these grades has a textbook for each subject.
4. Schools are therefore requested to ascertain their Grades 11 and 12 textbook shortages in books they have chosen from the National Further Education (FET) Textbook Catalogue (Addendum C), complete the attached requisition form (Addendum A) and send it to their IMG manager by Wednesday, 3 February 2011. Owing to time constraints, no late requests will be processed.
5. Each request must be verified by the school's IMG manager or circuit team manager before it is forwarded to the LTSM Office at the address provided below.
6. These textbooks form part of the school's LTSM resources. Therefore the textbooks must be stamped with the school stamp, recorded on the school's inventory, covered, and then retrieved at the end of each year. The textbooks in the learners' possession should be checked by the school at least twice a year. Lost or damaged textbooks must be replaced by the school.
7. The details of no more than two senior management staff who will sign for all LTSM delivered to the school during 2011 must be filled in on the attached Addendum B form and then posted, by Friday, 11 February 2011, to The LTSM Office, Attention: Ms Jenny Maliqua, Cape Teaching & Leadership Institute, Nooiensfontein Road, Kuilsriver, 7579 OR e-mailed to jamaliqu@pgwc.gov.za OR faxed to 086 514 3146.


SIGNED: MM HARKER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2011:01:26

Addendum A: Requisition for grade 11 & 12 textbook top-up  (size: 13 KB)
Addendum B: Details of signatories for ltsm delivered during 2011  (size: 8 KB)
Addendum C: National Further Education (FET) Textbook Catalogue  (size: 56 KB)