ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION FOR 2010/11 Supplementary Slides

1. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION FOR 2010/11 Supplementary Slides Presentation to the Select Committee on Education and Recreation 02 NOVEMBER 2011

2. Understanding Annual Report in terms of the role of the DBE • DBE’s Statutory role is to (1) formulate policy, norms and standards; and (2) monitor and evaluate policy implementation and impact • Based on system performance it became clear that DBE needs to perform more active steering role as well as more direct role in supporting implementation • Various mechanisms introduced to do this: fiscal measures (conditional grants); stronger M&E (by DBE, NT and AG); Clear Signalling of priorities • In 2010/11 – introduced Action Plan to 2014 – first ever Sector Plan aimed at providing more robust mechanisms for steering the system

3. How does the Action Plan to 2014 work? • The Action Plan sets clear measurable and time-bound targets for the whole sector • PEDs develop activities to respond to these targets in terms of their conditions • DBE monitors these plans and supports improvement through provincial visits – systematic reports developed • DBE implements activities to ensure that key priorities are addressed (Workbooks, ANA, CAPS, ASIDI, Teacher Education, District Improvement, Learner performance improvement strategies) • Further refinement of policies to align with Action Plan priorities: e.g. Accountability Measures • Creation of responsive institutional mechanisms: e.g. Planning and Delivery Oversight Unit

4. Percentage of 5 years old children attending education institution by Province: 2002-2009

5. Percentage of 16 to 18 years old attending education institutions: 2002-2009

6. Language of Learning and Teaching (LOLT) Comparison of LOLT in Grade 4 with learners doing language as a subject at home language or additional language levels in the Foundation phase: 2008 and 2009

7. Class size Over 8 000 ordinary public schools have average class sizes above norm of 40.

8. Other information covered in ASS report • Pregnancy: 50 000 learners in 2008 • Orphan status: over 2m learners (single or double) • Mortality: 10 600 learners passed away in 2008 • Social grants: 3m learners (23%) beneficiaries • School fees: income from fees = R13b (8b in public schools) • Learners by population group • Enrolment in subjects (Grades 10, 11 and 12)

9. Key findings from Macro Indicator Report 2011 Access • 78% of 5-yr olds attend an EI (39% in 2002) • 99% of 7 – 15 yr olds attend an EI • 93% of 16 yr olds attend an EI • 85% of 17 yr olds attend an EI • 72% of 18 yr olds attend an EI but 28% do not. (of those that do not attend 27% have completed Grade 12)

10. Efficiency (Conti....) Drop-out rate by Grade: 2007/2008 National Income Dynamics Study Survey data base, calculated by the DBE

11. Quality (Learner achievement) Number of candidates and the pass rates in NSC: 1994 to 2010 Source: DoE 2009 and DBE 2010 b and 2011a

12. Figure 3. Nominal and real public per capita expenditure on schooling, 2000/01 to 2009/10 Finance Source: 2000/01 to 2004/05 data from DoE, 2009a: 109; 2005/06 to 2009/10 budget estimates provided by National Treasury; 2005 to 2009 enrolment data from DOE, 2006, 2008(a), 2009(c), 2010(a) and 2010(c). Note: Real per capita expenditure for 2000/01 to 2004/05 in this differs from that which appeared in DoE, 2009a:109 as it has been recalculated to be expressed in 2008 Rands.

13. Finance Figure 4. Per capita public expenditure on Grade R, 2001/02 to 2009/10 Source: 2001/02 to 2004/05 expenditure data from National Treasury 2005: 19; 2005/00 to 2009/10 expenditure data supplied provided by National Treasury; Enrolment data from DBE EMIS data bases: