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DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION, RSA
2006 Examinations Results2006 Examinations Results Lessons for the improvement strategy
Parliament, RSA28 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 new demands are reflected in classroom practices and a strong focus on teacher development”
HESA-29 December 2006
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 OF LEARNERS WHO PASSED
TRENDS (2002 - 2006)
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
400000
Passed Without Endorsement Passed With Endorsement Total Passed
Num
ber o
f Lea
rner
s
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
260
653
230
726 24
0 48
2
245
600
86 5
31
75 0
48
82 0
10
85 1
17
347
184
305
774 32
2 49
2 330
717
2656
73
8583
0
3515
03
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES PASSED
2002 - 2006
305774
322492
330717
347184351503
280000
290000
300000
310000
320000
330000
340000
350000
360000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Passed
Num
ber o
f Can
dida
tes
Total Passed Linear (Total Passed)
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES PASSED WITHOUT
ENDORSEMENT 2002 TO 2006
230726
240482
245600
260653
265673
210000
220000
230000
240000
250000
260000
270000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Passed Without Endorsement
Passed Without Endorsement Linear (Passed Without Endorsement)
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES PASSED WITH
ENDORSEMENT 2002 TO 2006
75048
82010
8511786531
85830
65000
70000
75000
80000
85000
90000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Passed With Endorsement
Passed With Endorsement Linear (Passed With Endorsement)
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
Number enrolled, writing and passing SC 2004 to 2006 examination
DIFFERENT PASS TYPES FOR 2005 AND 2006
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
Pass Normal Pass with Merit Pass with Distinction
Num
ber o
f Lea
rner
s
2005 2006
296893 302431
40952 40148
9339 8924
NATIONAL PASS AND FAILURE RATES ACCORDING TO
GENDER FOR 2006
45.8%
32.1%
50.8%
17.1%
67.9%
54.2%
34.5%
49.9%
15.5%
65.5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Wrote Failed Passed WithoutEndorsement
Passed With Endorsement Total Passed
Male Female
24
1 8
64 2
86
66
1
77
53
0
98
91
7
12
2 6
66
41
39
9
14
3 0
07
44
43
1
16
4 0
65
18
7 4
38
NATIONAL PASS RATES FOR 2006
527,950
351,503
265,673
85,830
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
Wrote Total Passed Passed withoutEndorsement
Passed withEndorsement
(66.6%)
(50.3%)
(16.3%)
National74 297
ProvinciaLEfficiency gains
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
EASTERN CAPE12 443
28 825 33 286 37 468 33 915 39 597
41 268
FREE STATE5 879
15 703 17 777 18 916 19 459 20 355
21 582
GAUTENG9 987
47 368 50 941 55 621 54 808 57 073
57 355
KWAZULU-NATAL23 840
58 620 68 973 75 077 81 830 84 842
82 460
LIMPOPO9 879
48 971 49 644 48 219 54 897 60 087
58 850
MPUMALANGA7 343
18 136 22 222 22 700 22 913 22 737
25 479
NORTHERN CAPE
1825 571 5 309 5 667 5 609 6172 5 753
NORTH WEST2 477
22 963 24 637 25 055 24 221 23 748
25 440
WESTERN CAPE2 267
31 049 32 985 33 769 33 065 32 573
33 316
277 206 305 774 322 492 330 717 347 184 351 503
PASS NUMBERS ACCORDING TO PROVINCE
2005 AND 2006
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2005
2006
PROVINCIAL SHARE OF ENDORSEMENT IN 2006 18
,551
15,70
7
28,62
6
54,90
6
96,77
8
21,13
3
17,11
2
2,067
14,69
7
7,002
5,901
17,01
2
19,11
6
14,02
9
5,481
5,537
1,163
10,58
9
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
Wrote forEndorsement
Passed w ithEndorsement
NUMBER OF PASSES PER GENDER
2001 TO 2006
128,629
143,289151,127 154,780
162,327 164,065
162,485171,365 175,937
184,857 187,438
148,577
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of Passes:Male Number of Passes:Female
Passes per Gender 2001 – 2006
Narrowing the gap towards gender parity YEAR MALE % FEMALE % DIFF. %
2001 128 629 63.6 148 577 60.1 19 948 3.5
2002 143 289 70.7 162 485 67.4 19 196 3.3
2003 151 127 75.1 171 365 71.8 20 238 3.3
2004 154 780 72.0 175 937 69.5 21 157 2.5
2005 162 327 69.7 184 857 67.2 22 530 2.5
2006 164 065 67.9 187 438 65.5 23 373 2.4
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
Perc
en
tag
e
Pass rate: Male Pass rate: Female
8.3%
3.5% 2.4%
Passes per Gender from 2001 – 2006
Narrowing the gap towards gender parity
Eastern Cape 39 597 41 268 1 671 6176 7002 826
Free State 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
Province 2005 passes 2006 passes Change 2005 endorsement
2006 endorsement
Change
Changes in the numbers passing the Senior Certificate 2005 to 2006
DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICT PERFORMANCE
Province No. Districts Less 50 % 51-60 % 61-70 % 71-80% 81-100 %
2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006
EC 24 23 06 03 10 07 06 11 01 02 none none
FS 05 05 None none none none none 02 04 03 01 none
GP 12 12 none none 01 01 02 none 05 03 04 08
KZN 12 12 none 01 01 01 07 07 05 03 None none
LP 06 06 none 01 02 04 04 01 none none none none
MP 10 03 04 N/A 03 none 02 03 01 none none none
NC 04 04 none none none none none none 02 03 02 01
NW 05 05 none none 02 01 02 02 01 02 none none
WC 07 07 none none none none 01 none 02 01 04 06
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WITHIN DIFFERENT PASS
RATE PERCENTAGE GROUPINGS FOR 200613
9
872
2,07
8
449
1,53
7
1,60
7
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
0 - 19.9% 20 - 39.9% 40 - 59.9% 60 - 79.9% 80 - 100% Exactly 100%
Pass rate percentage groupings
Num
ber o
f Sch
ools
2006
NUMBERS PASSED AND FAILED PHYSICAL
SCIENCE HG IN 2005 AND 2006
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
Failed Passed on HG Passed on SG
2005
2006
NUMBER OF PASSES IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
2002 - 2006
24,888 26,067 26,97529,965 29,781
70,76375,693 73,943 73,667
81,151
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Science HG Science SG
NUMBERS PASSED AND FAILED
MATHEMATICS HG IN 2005 AND 2006
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Failed Passed on HG Passed on SG
2005
2006
NUMBER OF PASSES IN MATHEMATICS
2002 TO 2006
20,528 23,412 24,143 26,383 25,217
101,289104,707
109,664 112,279 110,452
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Maths HG Maths SG
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
Number passing Senior Certificate: Maths and Science in 2000 - 2006
Maths and Science passes 1995 to 2006
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Year 1995 to 2006
Num
ber o
f lea
rner
s
M HG
M SG
Sc HG
Sc SG
Provinces HG Passes 2004
HG Passes2005
HG Passes2006
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
KwaZulu 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
Northern Cape 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
Total 24 143 26 383 25 217 -1 166 +1074 50 000
Performance in Mathematics HG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005 and 2006
Provinces SG Passes 2004
SG Passes2005
SG Passes2006
2006 – 2005
2006 – 2004
Eastern Cape 15 511 16 871 16 744 -127 +1 233
Free State 6 592 6 780 7 299 +549 +707
Gauteng 19 793 21 174 19 796 -1 378 +3
KwaZulu Natal 27 467 27 226 26 285 -941 -1 182
Limpopo 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
Western Cape 11 271 10 971 10 456 -515 -815
Total 109 664 112 279 110 452 -1 827 +788
Performance in Mathematics SG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
Provinces SG Passes 2004
SG Passes2005
HG Passes2006
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
KwaZulu Natal
6 221 6 341 5 867 -584 -354 11 000
Limpopo 3 337 4 246 4 010 -236 +673 4 000
Mpumalanga 1 436 1 846 1 911 +65 +475 3 000
Northern Cape
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
Total 26 975 29 965 29 781 -184 2 806 50 000
Performance in Science HG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
Provinces SG Passes 2004
SG Passes2005
SG Passes2006
2006 –2005
2006 – 2004
Eastern Cape 12 163 11 782 13 484 +1 702 +1 321
Free State 4 026 4 144 5 314 +1 270 +1 288
Gauteng 12 657 13 036 13 418 +382 +761
KwaZulu Natal 17 878 17 318 18 381 +1 063 +503
Limpopo 8 713 9 538 10 774 +1 236 +2 061
Mpumalanga 5 672 5 462 6 594 +1 132 +922
Northern Cape 918 1 040 1 082 +42 +164
North West 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 Science SG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
Provinces M HG M SG Sc HG Sc SG
Eastern Cape +192 -127 +215 +1 702
Free State +59 +549 +157 +1 270
Gauteng -483 -1 378 -89 +382
KwaZulu 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
Total -1 166 -1 827 -184 7 484
Performance in Maths and Science HG and SG in the SC in 2004, 2005, 2006
Dinaledi Schools
Provinces Maths HG 2004
Maths HG 2005
Maths HG 2006
Science HG 2004
Science HG 2005
Science HG 2006
Eastern Cape 60
242 341 472 217 302 404
Free State 30
150 175 195 238 246 290
Gauteng 70
679 768 646 783 1014 885
KwaZulu Natal 70
669 841 833 729 898 884
Limpopo 50
530 724 628 711 1 026 901
Mpumalanga 30
260 236 228 265 292 296
Northern Cape 40
44 44 47 54 41 45
North West 10
367 366 444 460 454 544
Western Cape 40
390 320 416 401 349 498
Total 400
3 331 3 815 3 909 3 858 4 622 4 747
Performance in Science HG in the Senior Certificate in 2004, 2005, 2006
Provinces Dinaledi schools
60
0 1 - 5 6 – 10 10+ Total
Eastern Cape 11 21 10 18 49
Free State 30 4 15 5 6 26
Gauteng 70 3 23 24 20 67
KwaZulu Natal 70 5 21 19 25 65
Limpopo 50 1 14 15 20 49
Mpumalanga 30 3 12 9 6 27
Northern Cape 10 2 6 1 1 8
North West 40 3 13 9 15 37
Western Cape 40 4 16 11 9 36
Total 400 36 141 103 120 364
HG Maths Passes in Dinaledi schools by intervals, 2006
Province
Number of 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
Number of schools with increases in passes per interval 2005 and 2006
Province
Number of
Schools1 – 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
TOTAL 400 103 35 17 155
MATHS HG: Number of schools with decrease in passes per interval 2005 to 2006
Province
Number of Schools 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
TOTAL 400 29 112 116 143 371
PHYS HG: Number of Dinaledi schools per passes per interval, 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
TOTAL 400 122 56 18 196
PHYS SG: Number of schools with increases in passes per interval, 2005 to2006
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
TOTAL 400 102 34 23 159
PHYS SC HG: Number of schools per passes with decreases in passes per interval 2005 to 2006
Year
Total candidates
passing
M HG
M SG
Sc HG
Sc SG
1991 210 314 20 677 39 921 23 109 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. Learners 12 302 236 11 962 176 (97.2%) public schools
340 060 (2.8%) independent schools 2. 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 Results3. Schools 26 292 schools
25 194 public 95.8%) 1 098 independent (4.2%)
4. Learner to teacher ratio 32.6 public schools 17.5 independent schools