BASIC PROFILE OF LEARNERSBASIC PROFILE OF LEARNERS THEMES IN EDUCATION:

1. Demographic Profile of the Eastern Cape

2. Basic Profile of Learners

3. Basic Profile of Educators

4. Schools and Infrastructure

5. Socio-Economic Factors

6. Learner Outcomes

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This is one in a series of 6 posters.

The posters provide summaries of the

School and Learner Quantitative Study

commissioned by the ECDoE and the

Imbewu II Programme.

Each poster highlights key findings in the

study, using data from the 2008 Annual

Return and other sources.

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This poster summarises key findings including enrolment trends, age of learners and throughput

of learners in the Eastern Cape.

Province of the

EASTERN CAPE Department of Education

ENROLMENT TRENDSENROLMENT TRENDS

There were 2 071 533 learners in total.

Total learner enrolment increased by 1% from 2007 representing an additional 26 212 learners.

Grade R enrolment increased by 17% from 120 671 learners in 2007 to 141 163 learners in 2008.

Grade 1 enrolment decreased by 9.2% from 243 935 learners in 2007 to 221 412 learners in 2008.

Enrolment decreased across the GET band by 36% from 221 331 Grade 1 learners to 140 275

Grade 9 learners.

Enrolment decreased across the FET band by 56.3% from 151 839 learners in Grade 10 to 66 347

in Grade 12.

The Grade 12 enrolment decreased significantly and was even lower than enrolment in 2005

and 2006.

Learners dropping out of Ordinary Schools are not being absorbed by FET colleges. FET Colleges

recorded an enrolment of only 5 070 learners, with approximately 2 186 learners in the 15-19

year old age range).

Highest learner enrolment were found in the districts of Libode (177 199) and Port Elizabeth

(171 462).

Graaff-Reinet25441

Cradock25382

Sterkspruit63395

Uitenhage81176

Queenstown61998

Ngcobo76405

Maluti76270

Libode177199

Fort Beaufort43276

Mt Fletcher51518

Grahamstown28507

Lusikisiki166850

Dutywa112552

Mt Frere83837

Mthatha163617

Qumbu79481

Cofimvaba75566

Lady Frere43616

Butterworth109335

Mbizana120305

King Williams Town105946

East London128399

Port Elizabeth171462

Total Learners

25 382 - 28 507

28 508 - 51 518

51 519 - 63 395

63 396 - 83 837

83 838 - 112 552

112 553 - 128 399

128 400 - 177 199

Total Learner Enrolment per District - 2008

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AGE OF LEARNERSAGE OF LEARNERS

67% of new entrants to Grade 1 were appropriately aged in 2008. 24% percent were under-age and

9% percent were over-age by one or more years. This reflects a considerable improvement from

2007 when only 58% of entrants were the correct age. Almost a quarter, however, of entrants is still

under-age. The proportion of over-age learners increases progressively per grade.

From Grade 3 to 12 there are more over-age learners than either under-age or correct-age learn-

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In the Senior Phase and FET band, over-age learners make up more than 50% of the total enrolment.

The average Grade 12 learner is 19.5 years old (1.5 years over the appropriate age of 18 years).

Mbizana and Lusikisiki have the highest Grade 12 average ages (20.4 years, or 2.4 years over the

appropriate age of 18 years).

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Cradock19.29

Sterkspruit19.92

Uitenhage18.95

Queenstown19.48

Maluti19.81

Ngcobo19.79 Libode

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Fort Beaufort18.87

Mt Fletcher19.81

Grahamstown18.81

Lusikisiki20.36

Dutywa19.61

Mt Frere19.71

Mthatha19.46

Qumbu19.49

Cofimvaba19.45

Lady Frere19.51

Butterworth19.5

Mbizana20.43

King Williams Town19.14

East London19.22

Port Elizabeth18.66

Average Age Grade 12

18.49 - 18.66

18.67 - 18.95

18.96 - 19.28

19.29 - 19.51

19.52 - 19.70

19.71 - 19.94

19.95 - 20.43

Average Age in Grade 12 - 2008

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THROUGHPUT OF LEARNERSTHROUGHPUT OF LEARNERS

The Promotion Rate measures the rate at which learners progress from one grade to the next.

It calculates the proportion of learners who have successfully completed a grade and proceeded to the

next grade the following year.

The Repetition Rate measures the rate at which learners repeat grades. The Repetition Rate is calculated

by dividing the repeaters in a grade against the enrolment in the same grade for the prior year.

The Dropout Rate measures the rate at which learners leave the education system without completing

the grade they were in during a school year.

The following trends were recorded in 2008:

Promotion rates decreased for every grade, except Grade 10 where they increased slightly.

Repetition Rates remained stable in comparison with previous years.

Grade 1 Repetition Rate is still the highest in the GET band.

Dropout Rates increased in every grade, except Grade 10 where they decreased slightly.