Question NW3667 to the Minister of Basic Education

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01 December 2017 - NW3667

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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

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