18 November 2005
Educators in urban schools spend an average of 43.83 hrs in all activities for the week while educators in rural areas spent 38.34 hrs. Educators in rural areas reported the highest average time spent on professional development, pastoral care and…
Fewer hours are spend on school-related activities during and outside the formal school day in rural areas than in urban areas, ranging from an average of 38.3 hrs in rural areas to 41.5 hrs in semi-rural areas and 43.8 hrs in urban areas. The…
17 November 2005
Key findings: Comparing learner population and learner enrolment, the potential learner population (6- to 18-year-olds) has been increasing from 1999 to 2003, but learner enrolment has been decreasing from 1997 to 2003. The school-age population aged…
Key findings: There has been a decline in students taking the Initial Professional Education of Teachers (IPET) qualifications indicating an estimate of 9 000 graduates of whom at least about 3 000 may already be practising educators in 2004. Sources…
Key findings: 8.2% of students and 3.9% FET lecturers tested in this study were found to be HIV-positive. Among student educators the most frequently diagnosed diseases over the five years preceding the study were stomach ulcers, followed by anaemia,…
Key findings: It is estimated that new demand or growth demand for the period 2004-2008 for educators will be similar over time if learner to educator ratios remain constant. Maintaining the current standard learner to educator ratio of 40 and 35 in…
Key findings: Moderators of replacement demand for and supply of educators can be divided into (1) supply-side policies and programmes, (2) demand-side policies and programmes and (3) data tracking. Supply-side policies and programmes are further…
09 November 2005
Participants in three focus group interviews perceived people migrating to Gauteng as a threat to the settled populations. While in-migrants in general were seen to be benefiting from social and infrastructural opportunities planned for Gauteng…
More than a third (36%) of people living outside Gauteng who participated in a household survey in 2001 indicated that they intended to move to Gauteng within five yearsFootnote 1. Converted into numbers, this proportion translates into 7.2 million…
Gauteng is the most attractive migration destination in South Africa. The population of Gauteng, which was estimated at 9.4 million in 2003, currently grows by approximately 4% (376 000) per year. A notable proportion of this growth can be ascribed…
