NATIONAL PROFILE

EDUCATION
NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC) RESULTS, 200811
Province
Eastern Cape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

Western Cape

Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change
2008
2009
2010
2011
Change

Candidates
60 294
68 129
64 090
65 359
8.4%
29 963
29 808
27 586
25 932
-13.5%
92 723
98 659
92 241
85 367
-7.9%
136 743
132 176
122 444
122 126
-10.7%
84 614
83 350
94 632
73 731
-12.9%
42 157
53 978
51 695
48 135
14.2%
33 157
30 665
28 909
25 364
-23.5%
9 948
10 377
10 182
10 116
1.7%
43 966
44 931
45 764
39 690
-9.7%

Passesb
Number
Proportion
30 511
50.6%
34 731
51.0%
37 364
58.3%
37 997
58.1%
24.5%
14.8%
21 518
71.8%
20 680
69.4%
19 499
70.7%
19 618
75.7%
-8.8%
5.4%
70 837
76.4%
70 871
71.8%
72 537
78.6%
69 216
81.1%
2.3%
6.2%
78 762
57.6%
80 733
61.1%
86 556
70.7%
83 201
68.1%
5.6%
18.2%
45 973
54.3%
40 776
48.9%
54 809
57.9%
47 091
63.9%
2.4%
17.7%
21 855
51.8%
25 854
47.9%
29 382
56.8%
31 187
64.8%
42.7%
25.1%
22 563
68.0%
20 700
67.5%
21 876
75.7%
19 737
77.8%
-12.5%
14.4%
7 237
72.7%
6 356
61.3%
7 366
72.3%
6 957
68.8%
-3.9%
-5.4%
34 488
78.4%
34 017
75.7%
35 124
76.8%
33 110
82.9%
-4.0%
5.7%

Bachelors passc
Number
Proportion
8 673
14.4%
9 492
13.9%
10 225
16.0%
10 291
15.7%
18.7%
9.0%
6 291
21.0%
6 030
20.2%
5 890
21.4%
6 817
26.3%
8.4%
25.2%
28 248
30.5%
28 709
29.1%
31 301
33.9%
30 037
35.2%
6.3%
15.4%
24 940
18.2%
26 287
19.9%
31 466
25.7%
27 397
22.4%
9.9%
23.1%
10 651
12.6%
10 202
12.2%
14 757
15.6%
12 946
17.6%
21.5%
39.7%
5 535
13.1%
6 556
12.1%
8 147
15.8%
8 866
18.4%
60.2%
40.5%
6 426
19.4%
6 356
20.7%
8 021
27.7%
7 187
28.3%
11.8%
45.9%
1 997
20.1%
1 741
16.8%
2 152
21.1%
2 012
19.9%
0.8%
-1.0%
14 503
33.0%
14 324
31.9%
14 412
31.5%
15 214
38.1%
4.9%
15.5%

Source: Department of Basic Education, Report on the National Senior Certificate Examination 2011: Technical Report,
Department of Basic Education, Report on the National Senior Certificate Examination 2011: National Diagnostic
Report on Learner Performance
a This refers to the number of candidates who wrote the National Senior Certicate, and not the number who enrolled.
b In order to pass the NSC, a pupil needs to achieve 40% in three subjects, one of which must be a home language, and
30% in a further three subjects.
c This allows a pupil to study for a Bachelors degree. The minimum requirement is an NSC with at least 30% in the
language of learning and teaching, and 50% in four or more subjects.

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NATIONAL PROFILE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LABORATORIES, 2011
Number of
schools
5 676
1 615
2 031
5 930
3 923
1 868
1 674
611
1 464
24 793

Province
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
North West
Northern Cape
Western Cape
South Africa

Schools with a
laboratory
Number
Proportiona
493
8.7%
337
20.9%
813
40.0%
719
12.1%
235
6.0%
213
11.4%
269
16.1%
180
29.5%
513
35.0%
3 772
15.2%

Schools with a
stocked laboratory
Number
Proportiona
110
1.9%
103
6.4%
287
14.1%
221
3.7%
59
1.5%
53
2.8%
72
4.3%
67
11.0%
259
17.7%
1 231
5.0%

PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES, 2011

Number of
schools
5 676
1 615
2 031
5 930
3 923
1 868
1 674
611
1 464
24 793

Province
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
North West
Northern Cape
Western Cape
South Africa

Schools with a
library
Number
Proportiona
549
9.7%
422
26.1%
1 191
58.6%
1 199
20.2%
293
7.5%
323
17.3%
321
19.2%
179
29.3%
775
52.9%
5 252
21.2%

Schools with a
stocked library
Number
Proportiona
168
3.0%
151
9.3%
385
19.0%
363
6.1%
95
2.4%
133
7.1%
106
6.3%
72
11.8%
382
26.1%
1 855
7.5%

Source: Department of Basic Education, National Education Infrastructure Management System

(NEIMS) Report May 2011
a Proportion of schools in the province.

SCHOOL THROUGHPUT, 200911

%
100
80
60
40
20
0

University entrance
Matric candidates
passes 2011
2011
Maths passes
Grade 10 enrolment
Matric passes
2011
2009
2011

HEAD-COUNT ENROLMENT AT UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY

BY RACE, 1995 AND 2010
1995

2010

African: 50.2%

African: 67.2%

Coloured: 5.8%
White : 20.1%
Coloured: 6.6% Indian: 6.1%

Indian: 6.5%
White : 37.5%

Source: Department of Higher Education

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