Question NW250 to the Minister of Basic Education
12 March 2019 - NW250
Ntlangwini, Ms EN to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What total number of schools in each province (a) are and (b) are not English-medium schools?
Reply:
(a) (b)
Table 1 below indicates the number of schools that (a) are using and (b) are not using English as medium of instruction. It shows that about 23 474 schools are English medium schools and 1 391 are using other languages as medium of instruction. Please note that these schools are not only single medium schools, they can be parallel medium, meaning they use two or more languages as medium of instruction.
Table 1: Number of English and none English medium schools, by province, in 2018
Province |
|
|
Total |
Eastern Cape |
4 922 |
291 |
5 213 |
Free State |
1 121 |
69 |
1 190 |
Gauteng |
2 769 |
138 |
2 907 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
5 938 |
42 |
5 980 |
Limpopo |
3 927 |
50 |
3 977 |
Mpumalanga |
1 694 |
49 |
1 743 |
Northern Cape |
389 |
183 |
572 |
North West |
1 447 |
63 |
1 510 |
Western Cape |
1 267 |
506 |
1 773 |
Total |
23 474 |
1 391 |
24 865 |
Source: 2018 LURITS