STATISTICS
EDUCATION IN CONTEXT
STATISTICS
Mere numbers cannot depict the epidemics and issues that lies within our education system. However, statistics can highlight direct circumstances, injustice and areas where action would have the most impact. The statistics overview includes summaries of key numbers, which were described in the first edition of the Education Handbook.
POPULATION STATISTICS
10% (4.7 Million) South Africans are completely illiterate 28.5% Unemployment rate in the 25-34 year age group 50.2% Unemployment rate in the 15-24 year age group 42.2% of South Africa’s population of 47.9 million is under 20 years
TEACHER STATISTICS 31.1:1 – National average learner to teacher ratio.
80:20 – Ratio of personnel costs to non-personnel costs, down from 90:10 in 1995
EDUCATION IN CONTEXT
While we celebrate the gains freedom has brought in terms of laws and policy, it will take a far longer “walk to freedom” to step out of the cycles of poverty which still overshadow education. A child cannot concentrate on new facts when they are hungry, cannot do homework in the dark and cannot discover their full potential in an ill-equipped school.
GENERAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT
n 45 % – Population in undeveloped rural areas n 21.3% – Households with no electricity n 13.9% – Households with no access to piped water
CHALLENGES 22% of children aged 0-14 eligible to receive child grants are not receiving them.
IMPACT OF HUNGER
LEARNER STATISTICS 14 167 086 – Learners in all sectors of the educational system.
200 000 – Children between the ages of 7-15 currently receive no form of schooling
National Schools Nutrition Programme was implemented:
n with aims to feed Gr R – 7 year olds for 156 of 196 school days n community involvement
CHALLENGES Percentage of SA Adults who have completed High School Grades 30% (Gr12)
SCHOOL STATISTICS 476:1 – National average learner to school ratio
50% (Gr 9) 75% (Gr6)
GRADUATE STATISTICS 15% - Average national undergraduate graduation rate
13.5% - Percentage of total national education expenditure spent on higher education
CHALLENGES HIV/AIDS impacts education as learners:
“My teacher says my writing is better. That candle it was no good, now I can see my book at night.” Nkosinathi, 12
“I can’t say I am an unlucky person. My friend must wake up and walk two hours to school and I walk only one hour.” Unathi, 8
“Now I am coping. My brother is 2 and my sisters are 4 and 6 years. Without help from these people I do not know how I could still go to school.” Naledi, 15
n leave school to care for the sick n leave school to work to support households n experience depression due to bereavement and their own HIV positive status
SAFETY
n 77% of children in South African schools do not feel safe in their classrooms.
OECD observed that: n Annual budget increases fall short of food price inflation n Delivery to rural areas inhibited by poor roads n Fraud in tendering n Food misdirected to other beneficiaries
IMPACT OF HEALTH and HIV/AIDS
n 17.4% (over 2 million) children have lost a parent to AIDS n 3% (371 000) children orphaned by AIDS n 5.4% HIV infection rate, children aged 2-18
Initiatives
n HIV/AIDS: peer education programmes n Health and Hygiene: 42 000 playing cards n Food Safety: 18 403 training files distributed
Ways Forward:
n NGO’s with further connections and various strategies add to the struggle against HIV/AIDS
Eg. Lovelife, GOLD – peer education Achievements
n R1 billion invested n 6 million meals served at 18 000 schools n 6 226 schools established vegetable gardens n 60% more children fed than first projected
Ways Forward: OECD suggests improved:
n tendering transparency n supplier payment transparency n school and provincial accountability
Achievements:
n 21.2 % increase in number of children receiving child grants between 1995 and 2003.
n R13.2 billion allocated to social security in 2009 budget to protect the poor from economic downturn.
EQUALITY: RACIAL and GENDER
The Department of Education believes in supporting values that build community and social cohesion.
Initiatives:
n Events to commemorate significant days n My Country, South Africa – Opening Our Eyes: a training manual for addressing gender-based violence.
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CHAPTER 1 | INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
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CHAPTER 1 | INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
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