DEPARTMENT

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RSA 2006 Examinations
Results Lessons for the improvement
strategy Parliament, RSA 28 March 2007
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STATEMENT BY HIGHER EDUCATION SOUTH AFRICA (HESA)

• Congratulates the Department of Education on the
  strides made in securing the integrity of the
  examination process
• The challenge well-recognized by the Department
  of Education is to shift the focus to issues of
  quality, language and the need to produce high
  level outcomes and disparities in provision
• Evidence need to be produced that there is an
  increase in the cognitive and conceptual demand
  on exam papers and that examiners and markers are
  well prepared that set new levels of engagement
  for learners and that these new demands are
  reflected in classroom practices and a strong
  focus on teacher development
• HESA-29 December 2006

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Increased Cognitive Demand

• Statement from the Umalusi report notes
• . an increase in cognitive challenge of the
  national question papers. This has been a
  welcome move, and it will very well assist in
  preparing the learners for the challenges of the
  2008 curriculum and the new National Senior
  Certificate (NSC)

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Umalusi Declaration

• On the whole Umalusi is satisfied that the 2006
  examination were conducted in a manner that
  renders them fair, valid and reliable. Umalusi
  wishes to report that there were few reported
  irregularities but these were addressed
  appropriately, and therefore Umalusi endorses the
  fact that the credibility of the 2006
  examinations is above reproach
• Umalusi report on the 2006 SC examination
  

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RESULTS
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Number enrolled, writing and passing SC 2004 to
2006 examination
YEARS IN COMPARISON Number enrolled Number Wrote Number passed Number with endorsement
2004 493 447 467 985 330 717 85 117
2005 533 405 508 363 347 184 86 531
2006 554 079 528 525 351 503 85 830
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National 74 297
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Passes per Gender 2001 2006Narrowing the
gap towards gender parity
YEAR MALE FEMALE DIFF.
2001 128 629 63.6 148 577 60.1 19 948 3.5
2002 143 289 70.7 162 485 67.4 19 196 3.3
2003 151 127 75.1 171 365 71.8 20 238 3.3
2004 154 780 72.0 175 937 69.5 21 157 2.5
2005 162 327 69.7 184 857 67.2 22 530 2.5
2006 164 065 67.9 187 438 65.5 23 373 2.4
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Passes per Gender from 2001 2006Narrowing the
gap towards gender parity
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Changes in the numbers passing the Senior
Certificate 2005 to 2006
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DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICT PERFORMANCE
Province No. Districts No. Districts Less 50 Less 50 51-60 51-60 61-70 61-70 71-80 71-80 81-100 81-100
2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006
EC 24 23 06 03 10 07 06 11 01 02 none none
FS 05 05 None none none none none 02 04 03 01 none
GP 12 12 none none 01 01 02 none 05 03 04 08
KZN 12 12 none 01 01 01 07 07 05 03 None none
LP 06 06 none 01 02 04 04 01 none none none none
MP 10 03 04 N/A 03 none 02 03 01 none none none
NC 04 04 none none none none none none 02 03 02 01
NW 05 05 none none 02 01 02 02 01 02 none  none 
WC 07 07 none none none none 01 none 02 01 04 06
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Number passing Senior Certificate Maths and
Science in 2000 - 2006
Year Total candidates passing Maths HG Maths SG Phy Sc HG Phy Sc SG
2000 283 294 19 327 79 631 23 344 54 884
2001 277 206 19 504 72 301 24 280 45 314
2002 305 774 20 528 96 302 24 888 56 741
2003 322 492 23 412 99 426 26 067 61 756
2004 330 717 24 143 109 664 26 975 73 943
2005 347 184 26 383 112 279 29 965 73 667
2006 351 503 25 217 110 452 29 781 81 151
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Table 2 Performance in Mathematics HG in the
Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005 and 2006
Performance in Mathematics HG in the Senior
Certificate in 2004, 2005 and 2006
                           
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Performance in Mathematics SG in the Senior
Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
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Performance in Science HG in the Senior
Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
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Performance in Science SG in the Senior
Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
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Performance in Maths and Science HG and SG in the
SC in 2004, 2005, 2006
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Dinaledi Schools
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Performance in Science HG in the Senior
Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
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HG Maths Passes in Dinaledi schools by intervals,
2006
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Number of schools with increases in passes per
interval 2005 and 2006
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MATHS HG Number of schools with decrease in
passes per interval 2005 to 2006
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PHYS HG Number of Dinaledi schools per passes
per interval, 2006
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PHYS SG Number of schools with increases in
passes per interval, 2005 to2006
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PHYS SC HG Number of schools per passes with
decreases in passes per interval 2005 to 2006
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2006 School Realities

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  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RSA
• 1. Learners 12 302 236
• 11 962 176 (97.2) public schools
• 340 060 (2.8) independent schools
• 2. Teachers 386 595
• 367 188 (95) public schools
• 19 407 (5) independent schools
• 23 947 teachers for 3 828 705 learners in
  5 851 secondary schools-Matric
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• 3. Schools 26 292 schools
• 25 194 public 95.8)
• 1 098 independent (4.2)
• Learner to teacher ratio
• 32.6 public schools
• 17.5 independent schools