Response: (a)(i)(ii)
(a) (i)
Single medium schools are schools that use only one medium of instruction for all learner in all grades. Table1 indicates that majority of schools in the country were English medium schools (5 875) followed by Afrikaans medium schools with 1 004 schools.
Table 1: Number of single- medium schools, by province, in 2022
Province |
Afrikaans |
English |
IsiNdebele |
SiSwati |
IsiXhosa |
IsiZulu |
SeSotho |
SePedi |
SeTswana |
TshiVenda |
XiTshonga |
EC |
111 |
755 |
0 |
0 |
120 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FS |
41 |
240 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
GT |
115 |
686 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
KZN |
3 |
1 264 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LP |
26 |
1 446 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
MP |
24 |
337 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
NC |
155 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NW |
58 |
525 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
WC |
471 |
544 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
National |
1 004 |
5 875 |
4 |
1 |
121 |
33 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
a) (ii)
Parallel medium schools are schools that offer two or more mediums of instruction in different classes in the same grade for all grades in the school. Table 2 below reflects the proportion of schools that may be regarded as English parallel medium schools.
Table 2: Number of single- medium schools, by province, in 2022
Province |
Afrikaans/English |
English/IsiNdebele |
English/Siswati |
English/IsiXhosa |
English/IsiZulu |
English/SeSotho |
English/SePedi |
English/SeTswana |
English/TshiVenda |
English/XiTshonga |
EC |
156 |
12 |
0 |
3 614 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
FS |
97 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
367 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
GT |
239 |
60 |
3 |
20 |
126 |
81 |
27 |
59 |
8 |
13 |
KZN |
69 |
29 |
1 |
172 |
3 807 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
LP |
35 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 431 |
23 |
455 |
327 |
MP |
73 |
80 |
327 |
2 |
229 |
1 |
92 |
38 |
0 |
119 |
NC |
128 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
130 |
0 |
0 |
NW |
42 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
881 |
0 |
0 |
WC |
464 |
0 |
0 |
159 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SA |
1 303 |
191 |
331 |
3 983 |
4 172 |
488 |
1 551 |
1 166 |
464 |
459 |
(b)(i)(ii)
Response is attached.