NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 829
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPERS: 26/04/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 13/2013)
Dr C P Mulder (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:â
(1) With reference to her reply to question 658 on 22 April 2013,
how many of the students in education who completed their
studies in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012 had (i)
mathematics and/or (ii) natural sciences as a major subject;
(2) (a) how many temporary teachers who are (i) not qualified, (ii)
underqualified and (iii) professionally unqualified have been in
a temporary post for longer than a year already and (b) what is
the reason for this? NW1046E
REPLIES
1) With reference to her reply to question 658 on 22 April 2013, how
many of the students in education who completed their studies in (a)
2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012 had (i) mathematics and/or
(ii) natural sciences as a major subject?
The Department only compiles information on the number of
FunzaLushaka Bursary Scheme beneficiaries. The numbers provided
below do not represent all the education graduates in these
subjects.
| |2009 |2010 |2011 |2012 |
|Mathematics |395 |234 |593 |504 |
|Natural Sciences |201 |113 |254 |247 |
2) (a) How many temporary teachers who are (i) not qualified, (ii)
under-qualified and (iii) professionally unqualified have been in a
temporary post for longer than a year already and (b) what is the
reason for this?
|Not qualified temporary |Under-qualified |(ii) Professionally|
|longer than a year |temporary longer than |un-qualified |
| |a year |temporary longer |
| | |than a year |
|4258 |560 |Data currently not |
| | |available |
(b) 3 876 of unqualified educators employed longer than a year are in
KwaZulu-Natal. KwaZulu-Natal has historically struggled to attract
qualified educators, particularly in rural areas. Over the last few
years the situation has been improving as the province absorbs the
largest number of FunzaLushaka Bursary Scheme graduates. The number of
graduates appointed in the province in 2013 was at 860 at the end of
March 2013. Regarding the under-qualified educators, the numbers are
decreasing annually and those that have enrolled for improvement of
qualifications through the provincial bursary schemes are kept in
posts on temporary appointments until they qualify.