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NFF: New Funding Framework NGOs: Non-Government Organisations NMF: Nelson Mandela Foundation
NNSSF: National Norms and Standards for School Funding
NPDE: National Professional Diploma in Education
NPHE: National Plan for Higher Education NQF: National Qualifications Framework NSA: National Skills Authority
NSC: National Senior Certificate examination NSDP: National Skills Development Policy NSDS: National Skills Development Strategy NSE: Norms and Standards for Educators NSF: National Skills Fund
NSFAS: National Student Financial Aid Scheme
NSNP: National School Nutrition Programme
NW: North-West
NYDA: National Youth Development Agency
OBE: Outcome-Based Education ODL: Open and Distance Learning
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development OSD: Occupation-Specific Dispensation OTL: Opportunities To Learn OVC: Orphans and Vulnerable Children PDEs: Provincial Departments of Education
SANLI: South African Literacy Institute SAPS: South African Police Services
SAPSE: South African Post-Secondary Education
SAQA: South African Qualifications Authority
SARS: South African Revenue Services SASA: South African Schools Act, 1996
SA-SAMS: South African School Administration and Management System SC: Senior Certificate
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund UNISA: University of South Africa VAT: Value-Added Tax
VET: Vocational Educational and Training WC: Western Cape
YAC: Youth Advisory Centre ZAR: South African Rands
TABLE 4: Percentage of total provincial budget allocated to key sectors by province TABLE 5: Provincial budgets for nutrition sub-programme (R1000) TABLE 6: Per learner allocations per province (Rands) TABLE 7: Budget of national Department of Basic Education (Rm) TABLE 8: Conditional grants of the national departments of education (Rm) TABLE 9: Budgetary share of programmes within provincial education budgets TABLE 10: Electricity source facility grid in ordinary schools TABLE 11: Water source facility grid in ordinary schools TABLE 12: Fencing and security facility grid in ordinary schools 46 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 51
PGCE: Post Graduate Certificate in Education
PIRLS: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
POS: Public Ordinary Schooling
QLTC: Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign
QIDS UP: Quality Improvement, Development, Support and Upliftment Programme
QCTO: Quality Council for Trades and Occupations
RM: Million South African Rands
RNCS: Revised National Curriculum Statement
SACE: South African Council of Educators
SACMEQ: Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
SAHRC: South African Human Rights Commission
SAIDE: South African Institute of Distance Education
SEN: Special Educational Needs SET: Science, Engineering and Technology
SETAs: Sector Education and Training Authorities
SGBs: School Governing Bodies
SIAS: Strategy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support
SMMEs: Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises SNE: Special Needs Education SoLG: State of Local Government Stats SA: Statistics South Africa
TIMSS: Third International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS-R: Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat
TOT: Time On Task
TBVC: Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei
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FIGURE 1: Towards an understanding of why some poorly resourced schools manage to perform academically excellent: interrelationship between the six essential qualities of mutual acceptance as primary condition for successful pedagogical dialogue
FIGURE 2: School successes FIGURE 3: A system for identifying and addressing teachers’ development needs FIGURE 4: A coordinated, coherent national system for teacher education and development FIGURE 5: The number of candidates enrolled (full-time and part-time) for Grade 12 examinations from 2006 to 2010 FIGURE 6: Comparison of performance 2008 - 2010 FIGURE 7: NSC performance 2008 - 2010 PAGE 97 97 123 127 197 197 198
LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: Perceptions of primary and secondary education in South Africa TABLE 2: Departments and services areas covered in the report
TABLE 3: Total 2010/11 allocations for focus departments
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