NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1066
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04/09/09
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 12-2009)
Dr JC Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
How many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers are qualified to
teach (i) (aa) maths and (bb) mathematical literacy, (ii) English as (aa)
first language and (bb) second language, (iii) religious studies, (iv) life
science, (v) science and (vi) history in each province in each case and (c)
learners in total were registered in 2009 at (i) primary and (ii) secondary
schools. ? NW1327E
REPLY
(a & b)(i - vi)
The recruitment process for educators is managed by Provincial Education
Departments. The initial selection of educators, is in most cases,
recommended by the School Governing Body to the Provincial Head of
Department for approval. The utilization of educators in relation to the
qualifications varies from year to year and even in the same year. The
information being requested is thus not processed at the national
Department of Education and may be sourced from the Provincial Education
Department as the accountable employer.
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(c) (i) and (ii)
Table 2: Number of learners in ordinary schools by province in 2009
|Province |(i) |(ii) |
| |Primary |Secondary |
| |(Gr 1 - 7) |(Gr 8 â 12) |
|Eastern Cape |1 270 191 |636 060 |
|Free State |376 320 |249 416 |
|Gauteng |1 113 719 |711 807 |
|KwaZulu Natal |1 620 902 |1 027 218 |
|Limpopo Province |911 187 |695 166 |
|Mpumalanga |598 294 |386 769 |
|Northern Cape |164 887 |90 193 |
|North West |468 785 |276 266 |
|Western Cape |594 368 |338 632 |
|SA |7 118 653 |4 411 527 |
Source: Department of Education. .School Realities 2009.