Question NW4491 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
13 December 2022 - NW4491
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) What total number of schools offer an indigenous African language as a (a) home language and (b) first additional language; (2) whether she will furnish Mr B B Nodada with (a) a list of schools and (b) the language of instruction in each specified school; if not, why not; if so, what (i) are the relevant details and (ii) percentage of schools have (aa) English and/or (bb) Afrikaans as a home language?
Reply:
(1)(a)
Table 1: Number of schools number offering indigenous African language as home language, by province, in 2022
|
Province |
IsiNdebele HL |
IsiXhosa HL |
IsiZulu HL |
Sepedi HL |
Sesotho HL |
Setswana HL |
SiSwati HL |
Tshivenda HL |
Xitsonga HL |
|
EC |
|
4 688 |
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
|
|
FS |
|
73 |
73 |
5 |
725 |
100 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
GT |
10 |
254 |
958 |
445 |
522 |
460 |
3 |
71 |
207 |
|
KZN |
4 |
224 |
5 093 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
LP |
61 |
5 |
66 |
2 469 |
5 |
57 |
|
723 |
598 |
|
MP |
246 |
4 |
433 |
425 |
18 |
64 |
493 |
1 |
264 |
|
NC |
|
43 |
|
1 |
4 |
241 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
NW |
|
44 |
1 |
3 |
40 |
1 301 |
|
|
|
|
WC |
13 |
1 516 |
17 |
|
98 |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
SA |
334 |
6 851 |
6 641 |
3 352 |
1 623 |
2 228 |
501 |
796 |
1 076 |
Table 1 above indicates that 6 851 schools are offering IsiXhosa as home language and 6 641 are offering IsiZulu home language.
(1)(b)
Table 2: Number of schools offering an indigenous African language as first additional language, by province, in 2022
|
Province |
IsiNdebele FAL |
IsiXhosa FAL |
IsiZulu FAL |
Sepedi FAL |
Sesotho FAL |
Setswana FAL |
SiSwati FAL |
Tshivenda FAL |
Xitsonga FAL |
|
EC |
|
269 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
FS |
|
3 |
8 |
1 |
75 |
11 |
|
1 |
|
|
GT |
|
|
589 |
121 |
142 |
117 |
|
19 |
33 |
|
KZN |
8 |
15 |
727 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
|
10 |
|
LP |
2 |
2 |
5 |
55 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
26 |
25 |
|
MP |
4 |
|
33 |
15 |
1 |
2 |
51 |
2 |
8 |
|
NC |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
NW |
|
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
52 |
1 |
|
|
|
WC |
12 |
299 |
14 |
|
5 |
5 |
|
4 |
|
|
SA |
27 |
593 |
1 379 |
203 |
242 |
199 |
56 |
52 |
76 |
Table 2 indicates that majority of schools, (1 379 ) schools offers IsiZulu first additional language followed by IsiXhosa with 593 schools.
(2) List of schools by Language of learning and teaching is attached.
Note: All data represented above is self-reported by schools