4.2 Inflated learner numbers: The learner verification exercise undertaken towards the end of the 2010 academic year in independent schools revealed that, in 25 schools there were variations which were greater than 50 learners per school. One school submitted an enrolment of 702 learners and it had only six learners. This gave a variance of 696 learners which translated to an annual saving of approximately R1, 949,045. Therefore a culture of monitoring and accountability needed to be restored.