DG: Department of Basic Education Mr HM Mweli Venue: Cape Town 17 March 2016 JOINT PC BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING O VERVIEW OF THE BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR

PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1.Introduction 2.Strategic Direction 3.Size and Shape of the Sector 4.Three Streams Model 5.Conclusion 2

INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG4) Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 3

STRATEGIC DIRECTION

NDP VISION STATEMENT “We, the people of South Africa, have journeyed far since the long lines of our first democratic election on 27 April 1994, when we elected a government for us all. We began to tell a new story then. We have lived and renewed that story along the way. Now in 2030 we live in a country which we have remade…” National Planning Commission: National Development Plan, November 2011)

NDP AND SECTOR PLAN “ The National Development Plan is aligned with the Department of Basic Education’s Action Plan and Vision for Schooling in 2025 in both its diagnosis and proposed solutions. These plans are complementary, not competing. The National Development Plan makes new proposals in some areas and in others it merely outlines general points of departure to frame and guide reforms in education ”. National Planning Commission: National Development Plan November 2011)

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN GOALS Improving literacy, numeracy/mathematics and science outcomes Increasing the number of learners eligible to study maths and science-based degrees at university Improving performance in international comparative studies Retaining more learners. National Planning Commission: National Development Plan, November 2011)

SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE SECTOR

Provincial Education Department (9) Education Districts (81) Circuit Offices Schools (± ) Public schools (24 060) Independent (Private) schools (1 681) Section 20 Public schools Section 21 Public Schools (former Model C) Registered independent schools Unregistered independent schools (illegal) Non-subsidised independent schools Subsidised independent schools Greater financial autonomy National Department of Basic Education BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR

Education Statistics at a Glance, 2015 Size of the Schooling System: Learners: Educators: Schools: Official languages English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, Afrikaans, siSwati, Sepedi Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga SectorLearnersEducatorsSchools Public Independent Total Source: DBE, EMIS, School Realities, 2015

NUMBER OF LEARNERS, EDUCATORS AND SCHOOLS IN THE ORDINARY SCHOOL SECTOR, BY PROVINCE, IN 2015 Source: DBE, EMIS, School Realities, 2015

AGE-SPECIFIC ENROLMENT RATES FOR 13-YEAR-OLDS IN A SELECTION OF COUNTRIES DBE own calculations using data from Filmer (2010)

PERCENTAGE OF LEARNERS BENEFITING FROM THE SCHOOL FEEDING SCHEME Source: Statistics South Africa, General Household Survey (GHS), DBE own calculations Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape National

NO FEE LEARNERS AND NO FEE SCHOOLS IN 2015 PROVNo. of No Fee Learners % No Fee Learners No. of No Fee Schools % No Fee Schools EC1,725, % 5, % FS 543, % 1, % GP1,231, % 1, % KZN1,965, % 5, % LP1,603, % 3, % MP884, % 1, % NC200, % % NW701, % 1, % WC599, % % SA9,457, % 20, %

PERCENTAGE OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS, 1990 TO 2015

PROGRAMME LOGIC

TEACHER CENTRES A total number of 149 teacher centres spread across all provinces 17

TEACHER CENTERS’ STATUS Province No of Centres Centres with ICT Labs Connectivity Teacher Centres with Programmes Access to s Functional EC FS GP KZN LP MP NC NW WC TOTAL  Knowledgeable and productive Centre Manager;  Availability of ICTs;  Connectivity of the Centre;  Number of Teacher Development Programmes;  Availability of training spaces;  Frequency of Teacher training workshops conducted; and  Community programmes provided such as youth programmes. INDICATORS FOR FUNCTIONAL TEACHER CENTRE 18

THREE STREAM MODEL

THREE STREAMS MODEL Academic Stream Technical Vocational Stream Technical Occupational Stream

CONCLUSION

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