Question NW2787 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
11 December 2020 - NW2787
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What total number of the (a) 12 452 072 children who received child support grants in the 2018-19 financial year, (b) 12 269 084 children in the 2017-18 financial year and (c) 12 081 375 children in the 2016-17 financial year (i) are enrolled in (aa) primary and (bb) high school and (ii) attend school regularly?
Reply:
a) b) c) (i) (aa) (bb) & (ii)
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Table 1: Total number of learners who received child support grants and attend school, by phase, from 2018 to 2020 |
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DATA YEAR |
PRIMARY |
SECONDARY |
COMBINED |
SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION |
TOTAL |
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2018 |
5 198 811 |
2 490 900 |
969 471 |
217 945 |
8 877 127 |
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2019 |
5 468 742 |
2 881 247 |
1 005 639 |
82 448 |
9 438 076 |
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2020 |
8 246 050 |
994 439 |
518 338 |
9 672 788 |
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Source: EMIS & Social Pension System (SOCPEN) dataset 2018 -2020 |
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Note1: Data for 2016-17 financial year is substituted by recent data for 2020
Note2: Data reported is based on academic year instead of financial year.