Question NW102 to the Minister of Basic Education

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06 March 2020 - NW102

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Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(a) What number of schools have dropped Mathematics as one of the subjects offered (i) in each of the past five academic years and (ii) since 1 January 2020, (b) what is the name of each school, (c) where is each school located and (d) what was the reason for dropping Mathematics in each case?

Reply:

a) (i) 

DataYear

No of schools

2015

2171

2016

733

2017

5714

2018

0

2019

0

 

(ii) Collection of National dataset for all 2020 registered learners is still in progress.

(b) & (c)   Refer Annexure A