Part (1) There is no such policy or action in the Department to hold children back or force learners out of school for good results.
Part (2): Causes of the rise in school dropout
The question states that there has been an increase in dropping out of school. On the contrary, the DBE’s analysis of trends in the sector indicates that dropout rates (however defined) ...
(a)(i)(ii)
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Province |
Number of Vacancies |
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EAST CAPE |
6 111 |
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FREE STATE |
1 117 |
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GAUTENG |
3 898 |
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KWAZULU-NATAL |
7 044 |
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LIMPOPO |
4 933 |
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MPUMALANGA |
1 931 |
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NORTH CAPE |
726 |
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NORTH WEST |
1 205 |
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WESTERN CAPE |
4 497 |
|
NATIONAL |
31 462 |
(b) The filling of vacant posts at schools is an ongoing process to ensure that there is no class without a teacher for all ...
1.National School Safety Framework
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Provincial Education Departments continue to implement the National School Safety Framework (NSSF), which is a guiding framework in addressing all forms of violent incidences in schools including drug abuse. The NSSF empowers schools to identify and manage all safety threats in schools, establish school safety committees comprising of stakeholders such as teachers, police ...
Resource provisioning for schools, which includes resourcing for library and information services, is a function located in provinces. The Honourable Member is therefore advised to direct her question to the Members of the Executive Council.
More »(a)(b)(i)(ii)The National Department of Basic Education does not collect information, as part of its framework of regular monitoring, collect information to the level of the detail that is requested, that is, area of specialisation and grade. The Honorable member is kindly advised to request the information directly from the Provincial Education Departments.
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The Department of Basic Education collects data of schools that incudes class data on learners and teaching staff. However, it should be noted that it is self-reported. The data used below includes teaching staff that are paid by the State and School Governing Bodies as well as ordinary and Special Education Needs learners that attends Public Ordinary, Special and Vocational Schools.
The Department provided Learner ...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) collects child support grants information as part of the biographical data of learners. However, it is self-reported and dependent on learners (or parents) providing the information. Currently the DBE is unable to provide a response in terms of dropout learners as the Department is still in a process of tracking learners who might have moved to other sectors ...
The Department collects child support grants information as part of the biographical data of learners. However, it is self-reported and dependent on learners (or parents) providing the information. The data provided below are learners who are 18 year-old and indicated that they received social grants and still attending school for the period indicated. This includes ordinary and Special Education Needs (SEN) learners attending Public Ordinary, ...
1. Pregnant and Other Learners that have written the examination from Hospital
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2020 |
85 |
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2021 |
140 |
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2022 |
150 |
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2023 |
209 |
2. The Regulations Pertaining to the Conduct, Administration and Management of the National Senior Certificate Examinations makes provision for learners who are ill or confronted with any other circumstance beyond the candidate’s control, that prevents them from writing the examination, to be allowed ...
There are no such events planned nor is there a budget available for it.
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