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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-
ers.
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).
Graaff-Reinet18.49
Cradock19.29
Sterkspruit19.92
Uitenhage18.95
Queenstown19.48
Maluti19.81
Ngcobo19.79 Libode
19.95
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.