DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RSA 2006 Examinations Results Lessons

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RSA 2006 Examinations Results Lessons for the improvement strategy Parliament, RSA 28 March 2007

STATEMENT BY HIGHER EDUCATION SOUTH AFRICA (HESA) 1. “Congratulates the Department of Education on the strides made in securing the integrity of the examination process” 2. “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 3. “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

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)

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

RESULTS

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

Provincia. L 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 28 825 33 286 37 468 33 915 39 597 41 268 15 703 17 777 18 916 19 459 20 355 21 582 GAUTENG 9 987 KWAZULUNATAL 23 840 47 368 50 941 55 621 54 808 57 073 57 355 58 620 68 973 75 077 81 830 84 842 82 460 LIMPOPO 9 879 48 971 49 644 48 219 54 897 60 087 58 850 MPUMALANGA 7 343 18 136 22 22 700 22 913 22 737 25 479 5 571 5 309 5 667 5 609 6172 5 753 NORTH WEST 2 477 22 963 24 637 25 055 24 221 23 748 25 440 WESTERN CAPE 31 049 32 985 33 769 33 065 32 573 33 316 277 206 305 774 322 492 330 717 347 184 351 503 Efficiency gains EASTERN CAPE 12 443 FREE STATE 5 879 NORTHERN CAPE 182 2 267 National 74 297

Passes per Gender 2001 – 2006 Narrowing the gap towards gender parity YEAR MALE 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 128 629 143 289 151 127 154 780 162 % 63. 6 70. 7 75. 1 72. 0 69. 7 FEMAL E 148 577 162 485 171 365 175 937 184 % DIFF. % 60. 1 19 948 3. 5 67. 4 19 196 3. 3 71. 8 20 238 3. 3 69. 5 21 157 2. 5 67. 2 22 530 2. 5

Passes per Gender from 2001 – 2006 Narrowing the gap towards gender parity

Changes in the numbers passing the Senior Certificate 2005 to 2006 Province 2005 passes 2006 passes Chang e 2006 endorseme nt 7002 Change 1 671 2005 endorseme nt 6176 Eastern Cape Free State 39 597 41 268 20 355 21 582 1 227 5729 5902 173 Gauteng 57 073 57 355 282 16114 17012 898 KZN 84 842 82 460 -2 382 21005 19145 -1 860 Limpopo 60 087 58 850 -1 237 16434 14028 -2 406 Mpumalanga 22 737 25 568 2 831 4918 5504 586 Northern Cape 6 172 5 753 -419 1198 1163 -35 North West 23 748 25 440 1 692 4568 5534 966 W. Cape 32 573 33 316 743 10394 10589 195 Total 347 184 351 503 4 319 88541 87885 656 826

DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICT PERFORMANCE No. Districts Less 50 % 51 -60 % 61 -70 % 71 -80% 81 -100 % 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 EC 24 23 06 03 10 07 06 11 01 02 FS 05 05 None none 02 04 03 01 non e GP 12 12 none 01 01 02 none 05 03 04 08 KZN 12 12 none 01 01 01 07 07 05 03 Non e non e LP 06 06 none 01 02 04 04 01 MP 10 03 04 N/A 03 none 02 03 NC 04 04 none NW 05 05 none Province none none 02 01 02 02 2006 none non e 01 none non e 02 03 02 01 01 02 none non

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

Performance in Mathematics HG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005 and 2006 Provinces HG Passes 2004 HG Passes 2005 HG Passes 2006 – 2005 2006 – 2004 Target HG passes 2009 Eastern Cape 1 535 1 765 1 957 +192 +422 3 000 Free State 1 355 1 440 1 499 +59 +144 3 000 Gauteng 6 604 7 377 6 894 -483 +290 14 000 Kwa. Zulu Natal 5 356 5 365 4 726 -639 -630 11 000 Limpopo 2 046 2 802 2 653 -149 +607 4 000 Mpumalanga 1 283 1 456 1 392 -64 +109 3 000 382 413 416 +3 +34 1 000 North West 1 314 1 444 1 543 +99 +229 3 000 Western Cape 4 268 4 321 4 137 -184 -131 8 000 24 143 26 383 25 217 -1 166 +1074 50 000 Northern Cape Total

Performance in Mathematics SG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006 Provinces SG Passes 2005 16 871 SG Passes 2006 16 744 6 592 6 780 Gauteng 19 793 Kwa. Zulu Natal Limpopo Eastern Cape SG Passes 2004 15 511 2006 – 2005 2006 – 2004 -127 +1 233 7 299 +549 +707 21 174 19 796 -1 378 +3 27 467 27 226 26 285 -941 -1 182 12 954 13 159 13 463 -304 -409 Mpumalanga 7 002 7 095 7 484 +389 +482 Northern Cape 1 632 1 618 1 605 -13 -27 North West 7 442 7 358 7 320 -38 -122 11 271 10 971 10 456 -515 -815 109 664 112 279 110 452 -1 827 +788 Free State Western Cape Total

Performance in Science HG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006 Provinces SG Passes 2004 SG Passes 2005 HG Passes 2006 2005 2006 2004 Target HG passes 2009 Eastern Cape 1 487 1 641 1 856 +215 +369 3 000 Free State 1 681 1 800 1 957 +157 +276 3 000 Gauteng 6 889 7941 7 852 -89 +961 14 000 Kwa. Zulu Natal 6 221 6 341 5 867 -584 -354 11 000 Limpopo 3 337 4 246 4 010 -236 +673 4 000 Mpumalang a 1 436 1 846 1 911 +65 +475 3 000 386 379 389 +10 +3 1 000 North West 1 601 1 803 1 886 +83 +285 3 000 Western Cape 3 937 3 968 4 053 +85 +116 8 000 26 975 29 965 29 781 -184 2 806 50 000 Northern Cape Total

Performance in Science SG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006 Provinces SG Passes 2004 12 163 SG Passes 2005 11 782 SG Passes 2006 13 484 4 026 4 144 Gauteng 12 657 Kwa. Zulu Natal Limpopo Eastern Cape Free State Mpumalanga 2006 – 2005 2006 – 2004 +1 702 +1 321 5 314 +1 270 +1 288 13 036 13 418 +382 +761 17 878 17 318 18 381 +1 063 +503 8 713 9 538 10 774 +1 236 +2 061 5 672 5 462 6 594 +1 132 +922 Northern Cape North West 918 1 040 1 082 +42 +164 5 947 5 795 6 571 +876 +624 Western Cape 5 969 5 552 5 533 -19 -436 73 943 73 667 81 151 7 484 7 208

Performance in Maths and Science HG and SG in the SC in 2004, 2005, 2006 Provinces Eastern Cape M HG M SG Sc HG Sc SG +192 -127 +215 +1 702 Free State +59 +549 +157 +1 270 Gauteng -483 -1 378 -89 +382 Kwa. Zulu Natal -639 -941 -584 +1 063 Limpopo -149 -304 -236 +1 236 Mpumalanga -64 +389 +65 +1 132 Northern Cape +3 -13 +10 +42 North West +99 -38 +83 +876 Western Cape -184 -515 +85 -19 -1 166 -1 827 -184 7 484 Total

Dinaledi Schools

Performance in Science HG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006 Provinces Eastern Cape 60 Free State 30 Gauteng 70 Kwa. Zulu Natal 70 Limpopo 50 Mpumalanga 30 Northern Cape 40 North West 10 Western Cape 40 Total 400 Maths HG 2004 Maths HG 2005 Maths HG 2006 Science HG 2004 Science HG 2005 Science HG 2006 150 175 195 238 246 290 679 768 646 783 1014 885 669 841 833 729 898 884 530 724 628 711 1 026 901 260 236 228 265 292 296 44 44 47 54 41 45 367 366 444 460 454 544 390 320 416 401 349 498 3 331 3 815 3 909 3 858 4 622 4 747 242 341 472 217 302 404

HG Maths Passes in Dinaledi schools by intervals, 2006 Provinces Dinaledi schools Eastern Cape 60 0 1 -5 6 – 10 10+ Total 11 21 10 18 49 Free State 30 4 15 5 6 26 Gauteng 70 3 23 24 20 67 Kwa. Zulu Natal Limpopo 70 5 21 19 25 65 50 1 14 15 20 49 Mpumalanga 30 3 12 9 6 27 Northern Cape North West 10 2 6 1 1 8 40 3 13 9 15 37 Western Cape 40 4 16 11 9 36 400 36 141 103 120 364 Total

Number of schools with increases in passes per interval 2005 and 2006 Number of Province Schools 1 -5 6 - 10 10+ Total EASTERN CAPE 60 18 9 5 32 FREE STATE 30 16 1 1 18 GAUTENG 70 16 4 0 20 KZN 70 20 9 2 31 LIMPOPO 50 12 4 2 18 MPUMALANGA 30 9 2 0 11 NORTH WEST 40 21 4 2 27 NORTHCAPE 10 5 0 0 5 WESTERN CAPE 40 13 3 2 18 TOTAL 400 130 36 14 180

MATHS HG: Number of schools with decrease in passes per interval 2005 to 2006 Number of Schools 1– 5 6 - 10 10+ Total EASTERN CAPE 60 8 2 1 11 FREE STATE 30 5 2 1 8 GAUTENG 70 29 9 5 43 KZN 70 14 7 5 26 LIMPOPO 50 15 7 3 25 MPUMALANGA 30 12 1 1 14 NORTH WEST 40 7 2 1 10 NORTH CAPE 10 3 1 0 4 WESTERN CAPE 40 10 4 0 14 400 103 35 17 155 Province TOTAL

PHYS HG: Number of Dinaledi schools per passes per interval, 2006 Province Numbe r of School s 0 1 -5 6 - 10 10+ Total EASTERN CAPE 60 13 21 12 14 47 FREE STATE 30 2 10 12 6 28 GAUTENG 70 1 18 20 31 69 KZN 70 2 23 23 22 68 LIMPOPO 50 0 11 9 30 50 MPUMALANGA 30 2 9 8 11 28 NORTH WEST 40 4 6 14 16 36 NORTH CAPE 10 2 4 3 1 8 WESTERN CAPE 40 3 10 15 12 37 400 29 112 116 143 371 TOTAL

PHYS SG: Number of schools with increases in passes per interval, 2005 to 2006 Province Number of Schools 1 -5 6 - 10 10+ Total EASTERN CAPE 60 21 10 1 32 FREE STATE 30 7 6 2 15 GAUTENG 70 19 10 1 30 KZN 70 22 10 1 33 LIMPOPO 50 15 5 3 23 MPUMALANGA 30 7 3 2 12 NORTH WEST 40 12 7 4 23 NORTH CAPE 10 3 1 0 4 WESTERN CAPE 40 16 4 4 24 400 122 56 18 196 TOTAL

PHYS SC HG: Number of schools per passes with decreases in passes per interval 2005 to 2006 Province Number of Schools 1 -5 6 - 10 10+ Total EASTERN CAPE 60 15 2 0 17 FREE STATE 30 11 1 1 13 GAUTENG 70 17 11 8 36 KZN 70 19 7 4 30 LIMPOPO 50 12 4 7 23 MPUMALANGA 30 10 3 1 14 NORTH WEST 40 8 2 2 12 NORTH CAPE 10 1 1 0 2 WESTERN CAPE 40 9 3 0 12 400 102 34 23 159 TOTAL

Year 1991 Total candidates 210 passing 314 M HG 20 677 M SG 39 921 Sc HG 23 109 Sc SG 22 216 1992 243 611 21 558 48 568 24 172 23 590 1993 226 943 20 365 44 241 23 835 23 985 1994 287 343 ----- 1995 283 742 29 475 54 947 34 895 28 020 1996 279 487 22 416 59 614 25 462 30 306 1997 264 795 19 575 65 580 26 658 34 584 1998 272 488 20 130 68 315 26 473 43 197 1999 249 831 19 854 72 179 24 191 44 015 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

2006 School Realities DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RSA 1. 2. 3. 4. Learners 12 302 236 11 962 176 (97. 2%) public schools 340 060 (2. 8%) independent schools 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 Results Schools 26 292 schools 25 194 public 95. 8%) 1 098 independent (4. 2%) Learner to teacher ratio 32. 6 public schools