Question NW3404 to the Minister of Basic Education

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
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