Question NW3667 to the Minister of Basic Education
01 December 2017 - NW3667
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What number of educators currently teach in each grade in each (a) public and (b) private school in each province?
Reply:
PROVINCE |
COMBINED SCHOOL |
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL |
PRIMARY SCHOOL |
SECONDARY SCHOOL |
SPECIAL SCHOOL (All categories) |
Grand Total |
EASTERN CAPE |
18 590 |
104 |
17363 |
14405 |
911 |
51373 |
FREE STATE |
4 107 |
298 |
9389 |
6820 |
605 |
21219 |
GAUTENG |
1939 |
199 |
33558 |
23809 |
3272 |
62777 |
KWAZULU/NATAL |
2684 |
3977 |
46263 |
34652 |
1478 |
89054 |
LIMPOPO PROVINCE |
1128 |
70 |
27647 |
22187 |
656 |
51688 |
MPUMALANGA |
4625 |
641 |
15973 |
11117 |
320 |
32676 |
NORTH WEST |
1687 |
777 |
14596 |
7607 |
648 |
25315 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
1985 |
179 |
4237 |
2646 |
207 |
9254 |
WESTERN CAPE |
657 |
1662 |
17039 |
9687 |
1428 |
30473 |
Grand Total |
37402 |
7907 |
186065 |
132930 |
9525 |
373829 |
(a) Number of State-Paid educator in Public Schools as at the end of September 2017. The available information categorises educators by school level as educators largely, especially from the Intermediate Phase onward, teaching across grades.
Source: PERSAL, September 2017
(b) The number of educator in private schools are based on private school uploaded in the provincial warehouses as at September 2017. Disaggregation by grade is not yet available.
Table 2: Number of educators in independent schools, by province and school level, in 2017
Province |
COMBINED SCHOOL |
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL |
PRIMARY SCHOOL |
SECONDARY SCHOOL |
SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION |
Grand Total |
EASTERN CAPE |
401 |
49 |
1 467 |
1 218 |
|
3 135 |
FREE STATE |
73 |
|
475 |
441 |
|
989 |
GAUTENG |
4 356 |
56 |
6 057 |
6 788 |
79 |
17 336 |
KWAZULU/NATAL |
179 |
|
1 580 |
1 015 |
5 |
2 779 |
LIMPOPO PROVINCE |
200 |
|
1 301 |
1 397 |
13 |
2 911 |
MPUMALANGA |
146 |
32 |
657 |
417 |
|
1 252 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
10 |
|
23 |
109 |
|
142 |
NORTH WEST |
157 |
|
450 |
571 |
|
1 178 |
WESTERN CAPE |
3 010 |
75 |
970 |
387 |
|
4 442 |
South Africa |
8 532 |
212 |
12 980 |
12 343 |
97 |
34 164 |
Source: Provincial data warehouses as at September 2017