Question NW945 to the Minister of Basic Education
09 April 2015 - NW945
Boshoff, Ms SH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) How many learners in each province are current repeating (a) Grade 9, (b) Grade 10 and (c) Grade 11; (2) what remedial assistance has her department developed to assist learners who with progress to (a) Grade 10, (b) Grade 11 and (c) Grade 12 without having met the promotion requirements? NW1103
Reply:
1. (a) (b) (c) The sector is currently finalizing the data for the repeating learners with will be available by April 2015. For the 2015 academic year, provinces are are expecting to submit by the end of October 2015, according to Government Gazette 29757. However, the sector is able to provide the requested data for 2012 and 2013.
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2012 REPEATING LEARNERS |
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Grade 9 |
Grade 10 |
Grade 11 |
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EASTERN CAPE |
17 675 |
33 931 |
33 267 |
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FREE STATE |
18 019 |
20 063 |
11 616 |
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GAUTENG |
23 133 |
45 120 |
22 942 |
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KWAZULU-NATAL |
5 858 |
9 286 |
8 022 |
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LIMPOPO |
50 514 |
61 641 |
38 903 |
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MPUMALANGA |
16 076 |
26 310 |
19 776 |
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NORTHERN CAPE |
4 518 |
6 017 |
4 220 |
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NORTH WEST |
11 054 |
17 548 |
9 325 |
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WESTERN CAPE |
14 832 |
12 587 |
6 944 |
Source: EMIS 2013
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2013 REPEATING LEARNERS |
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Grade 9 |
Grade 10 |
Grade 11 |
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EASTERN CAPE |
18 675 |
36 264 |
31 191 |
Attached please find here: 2013 REPEATING LEARNERS continued