PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND RECREATION NCOP CAPE TOWN BY DR

PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND RECREATION NCOP CAPE TOWN BY DR . A MOTSOALEDI MEC LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OD EDUCATION 22-2-2005

LEARNER SUPPORT MATERIAL LSM

Stationary is normally ordered by 30^th September each year with deliveries being completed by November. This was achieved last year
Text books are at least 90% supplied by January of each year

CLASS ROOM PROVISIONING

124 schools were identified a in dire need and 896 class rooms are going to be constructed there by June 2005

R115m will be required for this purpose

On going class room provisioning plans for the MTEF ( 2004-2007) period have been completed as follows:

- R 340 909 M for200512006

- R 375 526 M for 2006/2007

- R 398 058 M for 2007/2008

Total R1 108 650 M

STRATEGIE FOR IMPROVEMENT

Intensive training of teachers on Maths, Science, technology and commercial subjects
Saturday and /or-Winter classes, clustered into 450 centers (out of 1340 High schools)
Development of monitoring instruments to be used by curriculum 'advisors in monitoring continuous assessment in schools
As from 2005, 55 educators were offered scholarships on a full time bases to do Maths and Sciences at the two Universities in the Province. Funded by US Aid
Conducting of trial exams for grade 12 learners
Conducting of exams for the whole Province for grade 10 and 11 learners
Conducting of common District exams for grades 8 and 9
Targeting of all the dysfunctional schools for special programms and special visits (unannounced)
Redeployment of Principals if possible where they are visibly failing and where no remedial steps will be of any use

TOP LEARNER FOR THE PROVINCE

GOERGE FREDRIK STEGMAN

PIETERSBERG HIGH
CAPRICORN DISTRICT-
AGGRIGATE MARKS, 2221 OUT OF 2300 FOR 6 SUBJECTS
ALL 6 SUBJECTS WITH A's
A JOIN NUMBER I WITH 400 OUT OF 400 FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE
10 YEAR RECORD SINCE 1994 FOR ALL SCHOOLS OF LIMPOPO

TOP LEARNER PER SUBJECT

SUBJECT	NAME OFLEARNER	SCHOOL	DISTRICT	MARKS
ACCOUNTING-HG	HASSIM ZAAHIRA	TAXILLA	CAPRICORN	400
BIOLOGY-HG	MOSTERT JAUN	PIET POTGIETER	WATERBERG	400
BUS. ECONOMICS-HG	MUTHELO RENDANI RONALD	TSHIVASE	VHEMBE	397
ECONOMICS-HG	MAVASA LORRAINE RAMATSEKISA CHESTER SHIVHAMBU CAIPHUS SIKHAVHAKHAVHA TAKALANI	HANYANE THOMO TSHIITWA ONGEDACHT TSHIVHASE	MOPANI VHEMBE VHEMBE VHEMBE	400 400 400 400
ENGLISH 2ND LANGUAGE-HG	DU PLESIS WILLEM LINDE STEFANUS THERON JOLANDI VANDER WATT ALICIA VAN WYK CHARMAINE	FRIKIE MEYER ERIC LOUW MERENSKY NYLSTROOM LOUIS TRICHARDT	WATERBERG VHEMBE – MOPANI WATERBERG VHEMBE	300 300 300 300 300
MATHEMATHICS- HG	MOLOISI TSHEPO NDOU HUMBULANI	HARRY OPPENHEIMER THOHYANDOU TECHNICAL	CAPRICORN VHEMBE	400 400
PHYSICAL SCIENCE-HG	MALATJI KGOPOTSO RAPHULU RAMBANI STEGMAN GOERGE	NORTHERN ACADEMY MBILWI PIETERSBERG	CAPRICORN VHEMBE CAPRICORN	400 400 400
HISTORY-HG	CAMPBELL IISE	ELLISRAS	WATERBERG	393
GEOGRAPHY-HG	MASIINDI KHUTHADZO RAPHULU RAMBANI	MBILWI MBILWI	VHEMBE VHEMBE	400 400

THE 3 BEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS

CRITERIA :

-Enrolment of at least 50 learners
-Exemption rate of at least 50%
-Total pass rate of at least 75%

POSITION	NAME OFSCHOOL	NO WROTE	NO PASSED	% EXEPTION	% PASS	DISTRICT
3	GLEN COWIE GIRLS HIGH	59	59	100%	100	SEKHUKHUNE
2	HARRY OPPENHEMER HIGH	145	145	97.93%	100	CAPRICORN
1	MBILWI HIGH	103	103	100%	100	VHEMBE

LIMPOPO PROVINCE: 10 MOST IMPROVED SCHOOLS

NO	NAME OF SCHOOL	DISTRICT	PASS% 2003	PASS% 2004	% IMPROVEMENT
10	THAKGADU	G-SEKHUKHUNE	21.59	56.14	34.55
9	MOKGAPI	G-SEKHUKHUNE	20.0	57.89	37.89
8	MAPHADIMI	G-SEKHUKHUNE	29.73		39.50
7	CALAIS	BOHLABELA	28.67	69.23	40.66
6	KGALUSHI	CAPRICORN	29.41	70.27	40.86
5	MATSHAILE	G-SEKHUKHUNE	27.87	70.45	42.58
4	LETSHELE	BOHLABELA	17.71	63.79	48.08
3	POTLAKE	G-SEKHUKHUNE	19.64	75.51	55.87
2	MATAMANE	WATERBERG	4.76	66.67	61.91
1	MASIZA	MOPANE	26.23	93.88	67.65

TOP SCHOOL PER DISTRICT

DISTRICT	NAME OFSCHOOL	NO WROTE	NO PASSED	% M PASS	OVERALL PASSED %
WATERBERG	NYLSTROOM HIGH	73	73	65.75	100
CAPRICORN	HARRY OPPENHEMER HIGH	145	145	97.93	100
VHEMBE	MBILWI HIGH	103	103	100	100
MOPANI	HANYANI THOMO HIGH	55	55	83.64	100
BOHLABELA	RAMATAU HIGH	77	77	81.81	100
SEKHUKHUNI	GLEN COWIE GIRLS HIGH	59	59	100	100

TOP 3 DISTRICTS PASS RATES

Top District (1): Capricorn with 76.51%
Second place (2): Mopani with 72.66%
Third place (3): Vhembe with 69.9%

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS~OF DISTRICTS (Last two Districts are Presidential Nodal Points)

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LIMPOPO PROVINCE DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 1340 (0%-20%)

YEAR	2001	2002	2003	2004
NO. DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS	29	24	17	8

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DISTRICTS (Last two Districts are Presidential Nodal Points)

DISTRICT	PASS RATE
Capricorn	76.51%
Mopani	72.66%
Vhembe	69.91%
Waterberg	69.4%
Sekhukhuna	67.15%
Bohlabela	62.96%

LIMPOPO PROVINCE PROGRSSSIVE PASS RATES

YEAR	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
PASS %	51.5	59.5	69.5	70	70.6

LIMPOPO PROVINCE: THREE YEAR (2002; 2003,200+4) UNIVERSITY EXEMTION

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2002	2003	2004
17.5%	18.9%	20.9%

ANALYSIS OF 2004 SENIORCERTIFICATE FINAL RESULTS

TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, 77 774 WROTE 6 SUBJECTS OR MORE
TOTAL NUMBER PASSED WITHOUT EXEPTION, 38 624 (49.7%)
TOTAL NUMBER PASSED WITHUNIVERSITY EXEPTION, 16 273 (20.9%)
TOTAL NUMBER PASSED,54 897 (70.6%), 0.6% INCREAMENT OVER 2003