Question NW3404 to the Minister of Basic Education
14 September 2015 - NW3404
Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to her reply to question 2976 on 24 August 2015, in respect of each province and district, what is the total number of (a) blind and (b) deaf learners that attended classes at the Kha Ri Gude centres who (i) are now literate, (ii) have passed their relevant exams and (iii) are now being used as volunteers to teach at the specified centres?
Reply:
(a) and (b) The table below indicates the number of Blind and Deaf learners who registered and completed the Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign from 2008 to 2014.
i) Blind learners received literacy and numeracy classes to enable them to read and write using Braille. Deaf Learners received literacy and numeracy classes to enable them to read and write using Sign Language.
ii) Blind and Deaf Learners complete a Learner Assessment Portfolio (LAP) which is moderated and verified by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and then entered on the National Learner Records Database (NLRD).
LEARNERS |
BLIND |
|
DEAF |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
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PROVINCES |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
TOTAL |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
TOTAL |
|
EASTERN CAPE |
2269 |
26 |
142 |
188 |
280 |
366 |
394 |
3665 |
1087 |
51 |
101 |
118 |
173 |
127 |
96 |
1751 |
5418 |
FREE STATE |
887 |
|
34 |
59 |
134 |
214 |
230 |
1558 |
264 |
215 |
331 |
469 |
652 |
455 |
205 |
2591 |
4149 |
GAUTENG |
1465 |
22 |
56 |
53 |
86 |
103 |
115 |
1900 |
324 |
74 |
29 |
11 |
44 |
123 |
70 |
675 |
2575 |
KWAZULU NATAL |
2471 |
60 |
118 |
176 |
235 |
448 |
482 |
3990 |
540 |
56 |
26 |
19 |
162 |
192 |
146 |
1141 |
5134 |
MPUMALANGA |
919 |
36 |
46 |
51 |
72 |
135 |
183 |
1442 |
239 |
136 |
117 |
124 |
78 |
147 |
98 |
939 |
2381 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
76 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
|
19 |
3 |
119 |
35 |
48 |
5 |
|
104 |
|
|
192 |
311 |
LIMPOPO |
691 |
35 |
144 |
177 |
209 |
372 |
400 |
2028 |
258 |
42 |
23 |
|
106 |
263 |
290 |
982 |
3010 |
NORTH WEST |
705 |
44 |
43 |
88 |
143 |
281 |
231 |
1535 |
264 |
42 |
58 |
67 |
98 |
53 |
32 |
614 |
2149 |
WESTERN CAPE |
52 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
25 |
22 |
139 |
65 |
73 |
144 |
130 |
147 |
720 |
772 |
GRAND TOTAL |
9535 |
226 |
588 |
805 |
1159 |
1938 |
2038 |
16289 |
3033 |
803 |
755 |
881 |
1561 |
1490 |
1084 |
9607 |
25896 |
(iii) The table below indicates the number of learners (2008 -2013) who registered and completed the 8 months of Kha Ri Gude lessons in Braille or Sign Language and were then registered as volunteers to teach new learners.
This is only possible for the disability sector as many of the learners were once sighted and able to hear but lost their hearing and sight due to various reasons. These individuals are often educated with matric and sometimes post graduate degrees. They then become illiterate and require lessons in Braille and Sign Language which they are then able to teach to other learners.
Blind and Deaf Learners who became VE's in the subsequent years |
|
|
TOTAL |
Eastern Cape |
|
Blind |
59 |
Deaf |
24 |
KZN |
|
Blind |
60 |
Deaf |
12 |
Western Cape |
|
Blind |
0 |
Deaf |
12 |
Northern Cape |
|
Blind |
0 |
Deaf |
0 |
Gauteng |
|
Blind |
14 |
Deaf |
5 |
North West |
|
Blind |
31 |
Deaf |
9 |
Mpumalanga |
|
Blind |
7 |
Deaf |
19 |
Limpopo |
|
Blind |
27 |
Deaf |
12 |
Free State |
|
Blind |
8 |
Deaf |
68 |