DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 13/03/2020
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 09/2020
434. . Mrs N I Tarabella Marchesi (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) What number of learners are currently enrolled in quintile (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 5 schools in each province;
(2) what is the learner to educator ratio in quintile (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 schools in each province?
Response
Reply : (1) (a), (b),(c),(d),(e)
Table 1 below indicates the number of learners enrolled in quintile 1 to 5 schools per province.It shows that the majority of learners are in quintile 3 with 3 218 301 followed by quintile 1 with 3 113 123.
Table 1: Number of learners in quintile 1 - 5 schools,by province, in 2019
Part 2 of the response refers to the attachment.
|
Province
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q5
|
Grand Total
|
|
EC
|
555 913
|
335 572
|
744 697
|
53 600
|
80 385
|
1 770 167
|
|
FS
|
210 541
|
168 041
|
207 385
|
39 271
|
68 518
|
693 756
|
|
GT
|
310 456
|
319 183
|
385 513
|
464 180
|
671 763
|
2 151 095
|
|
KZN
|
562 445
|
703 099
|
832 338
|
362 525
|
320 254
|
2 780 661
|
|
LP
|
590 191
|
668 730
|
358 027
|
21 366
|
49 062
|
1 687 376
|
|
MP
|
476 069
|
391 077
|
98 192
|
52 136
|
49 801
|
1 067 275
|
|
NC
|
67 058
|
66 719
|
71 786
|
49 287
|
37 770
|
292 620
|
|
NW
|
231 983
|
165 320
|
326 956
|
87 844
|
16 138
|
828 241
|
|
WC
|
108 467
|
167 072
|
193 407
|
326 029
|
389 635
|
1 184 610
|
|
Grand Total
|
3 113 123
|
2 984 813
|
3 218 301
|
1 456 238
|
1 683 326
|
12 455 801
|
Source: LURITS 2019