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1、Education421EDUCATIONJonathanSnyman●Atotalof537543pupilswrotethe2010matriculationexamination.Some364513(68%)passed.InorderforapupiltobegrantedaNationalSeniorCertificate,theyneedtoachieve40%inthreesubjects,oneofwhichmustbetheirhomelanguage,and30%inafurtherthreesubjects.●Atota
2、lof126371(24%)pupilsachievedabachelor’spass,whichenablesthemtostudyforabachelor’sdegree.●Gautenghadthehighestproportionofcandidateswhoachievedabachelor’spass(34%).Limpopohadthelowest(16%).●TheReportontheAnnualNationalAssessmentof2011releasedbytheDepartmentofBasicEducationrev
3、ealedadeclineinliteracyandnumeracyratesamongGrade3pupilssince2007.Grade3literacyratesdeclinedfrom36%to35%whilenumeracyratesdroppedfrom35%to28%[TheStar1July2011].●AreportbytheUnescoInstituteofStatistics(UIS)revealedthatSouthAfricahadmorefemaleteachersthanmostothercountries,pa
4、rticularlyothersub-SaharanAfricancountries.Thedataindicatedthatgloballytheproportionofteachersthatarewomengrewfrom56%in1990to63%.Insub-SaharanAfrica,thechangewasmarginal,from40%to42%.ResearchbytheDepartmentofBasicEducationrevealedthattheproportionofteachersthatarewomeninSout
5、hAfricastoodatabout67%in2010[TheStar6October2011].●ResearchbytheCentreforDevelopmentandEnterprise(CDE)revealedthatSouthAfricanteachersspendlessthan50%oftheirteachingtimeinclasseachweek,manyoftenbunkingclasses[TheStar22September2011;TheCitizen22September2011].●InMarch2011them
6、inisterofbasiceducation,MsAngieMotshekga,announcedplanstointerveneintheadministrationoftheEasternCapeeducationdepartment.Theinterventioncameasaresultofanon-functioningschoolnutritionprogramme,alackofmonitoringandevaluation,poorfinancialmanagement,alackoftransportforpupils,an
7、doverallpoormanagement.Theinterventionwastriggeredbythedismissalof4000temporaryteachers,whichleftmanypupilswithoutteachers.However,theinterventionwasstalledasresistancefromofficialsintheprovincecreateda‘stateofparalysisbynotco-operatingwiththenationaldepartment’,saidMsMotshe
8、kga[TheTimes4March2011;BusinessDay2June2011,24August2011].●InJuly2011a“nati