Question NW1849 to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
26 May 2023 - NW1849
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) number of (i) single-medium and (ii) dual-medium schools are there (aa) nationally and (bb) in each province and (b) is the (i) language of instruction and (ii) type of each school in each case?
Reply:
Response: (a)(i)(ii)
(a) (i)
Single medium schools are schools that use only one medium of instruction for all learner in all grades. Table1 indicates that majority of schools in the country were English medium schools (5 875) followed by Afrikaans medium schools with 1 004 schools.
Table 1: Number of single- medium schools, by province, in 2022
|
Province |
Afrikaans |
English |
IsiNdebele |
SiSwati |
IsiXhosa |
IsiZulu |
SeSotho |
SePedi |
SeTswana |
TshiVenda |
XiTshonga |
|
EC |
111 |
755 |
0 |
0 |
120 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
FS |
41 |
240 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
GT |
115 |
686 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
KZN |
3 |
1 264 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
LP |
26 |
1 446 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
MP |
24 |
337 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
NC |
155 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NW |
58 |
525 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
WC |
471 |
544 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
National |
1 004 |
5 875 |
4 |
1 |
121 |
33 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
a) (ii)
Parallel medium schools are schools that offer two or more mediums of instruction in different classes in the same grade for all grades in the school. Table 2 below reflects the proportion of schools that may be regarded as English parallel medium schools.
Table 2: Number of single- medium schools, by province, in 2022
|
Province |
Afrikaans/English |
English/IsiNdebele |
English/Siswati |
English/IsiXhosa |
English/IsiZulu |
English/SeSotho |
English/SePedi |
English/SeTswana |
English/TshiVenda |
English/XiTshonga |
|
EC |
156 |
12 |
0 |
3 614 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
FS |
97 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
367 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
|
GT |
239 |
60 |
3 |
20 |
126 |
81 |
27 |
59 |
8 |
13 |
|
KZN |
69 |
29 |
1 |
172 |
3 807 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
LP |
35 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 431 |
23 |
455 |
327 |
|
MP |
73 |
80 |
327 |
2 |
229 |
1 |
92 |
38 |
0 |
119 |
|
NC |
128 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
130 |
0 |
0 |
|
NW |
42 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
881 |
0 |
0 |
|
WC |
464 |
0 |
0 |
159 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
SA |
1 303 |
191 |
331 |
3 983 |
4 172 |
488 |
1 551 |
1 166 |
464 |
459 |
(b)(i)(ii)
Response is attached.