The education system in the Province was demarcated into four regions. Pinetown had the highest number of learners while Umlazi had the highest number of educators with Vryheid having the highest number of schools. This showed some anomalies where Pinetown district had the highest number of learners with fewer schools than Vryheid which had a high number of schools with fewer learners than Pinetown. This raised serious questions around the distribution of learners and educators. In the 2011 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination, the Province recorded a 68.1 percent pass, a decrease from the 70.7 percent pass in 2010. Most of the districts experienced a slight decline in performance with only Sisonke and Umzinyathi recording improvements. The lowest performing district was Obonjeni at 55.3 percent while Umlazi was the highest performing at 77.0 percent.