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| FINANCE | 414 |
| Overall state spending | 414 |
| Education and other spending 1994/95–2013/14 | 414 |
| Basic and provincial education spending, 2010/11–2014/15 | 414 |
| Higher and further education spending, 2010/11–2014/15 | 414 |
| All education spending, 2010/11–2014/15 | 414 |
| Public education spending as a proportion of total | |
| government spending, 1996/97–2012/13 | 415 |
| Public total education spending and public school spending | |
| as a proportion of GDP, 1995/96–2010/11 | 416 |
| State spending on school education | 417 |
| Per capita expenditure for whites and Africans on | |
| school education, 1953-1993 | 417 |
| Spending per pupil by province, 2000/01–2010/11 | 418 |
| Real spending per pupil in ordinary public schools | |
| by province, 2000–2007 | 418 |
| State spending on universities | 418 |
| State spending on universities, 2000 and 2011 | 418 |
| State budget allocation according to institution and spending | |
| per university and student, 2010 | 419 |
| International comparisons | 420 |
| Public spending on education as a proportion of total | |
| government spending, and of GDP, selected | |
| countries, 2010 | 420 |
| Public spending on education as a proportion of total | |
| government spending, and of GDP, emerging | |
| markets, 2010 | 421 |
| Public spending on education as a proportion of total | |
| government spending, and of GDP, selected African | |
| countries, 2010 | 422 |
| Structure of responsibility | 422 |
| QUALIFICATION PROFILE OF THE POPULATION | 423 |
| National Qualifications Framework (NQF) | 423 |
| Levels of education in South Africa | 423 |
| Level of education | 424 |
| National statistics | 424 |
| No schooling | 424 |
| Adults without education by race | 424 |
| Persons aged 20 and older, with no schooling by race, | |
| 2002 and 2011 (actual numbers) | 424 |
| Persons aged 20 and older with no schooling by race, | |
| 2002 and 2011 (proportions) | 424 |
| School education | 425 |
| Adults who have completed grade 9 by race | 425 |
| Persons aged 20 and older who have completed grade 9 | |
| by race, 2002 and 2011 (actual numbers) | 425 |
| Persons aged 20 and older who have completed grade 9 | |
| by race, 2002 and 2011 (proportions) | 425 |
| Adults who have completed grade 12 by race | 425 |
| Persons aged 20 and older who have completed grade 12 | |
| by race, 2002 and 2011 (actual numbers) | 425 |
| Persons aged 20 and older who have completed grade 12 | |
| by race, 2002 and 2011 (proportions) | 426 |
| Post-school education | 426 |
| Adults who have completed post-school education | |
| by race | 426 |
| Persons aged 20 and older, who have completed post-school | |
| education by race, 2002 and 2011 (actual numbers) | 426 |
| Persons aged 20 and older, who have completed post-school | |
| education by race, 2002 and 2011 (proportions) | 426 |
| Literacy and numeracy | 427 |
| Children | 427 |
| Grade 3 literacy by province, 2001, 2007 and 2011 | 427 |
| Grade 3 numeracy by province, 2001, 2007 and 2011 | 427 |
| Persons aged 15 and older | 428 |
| Persons aged 15 and older who can write their own name, | |
| by race, 2011 | 428 |
| Persons aged 15 and older who can read, by race, 2011 | 428 |
| Persons aged 15 and older who are numerate, by race, 2011 | 428 |
| Persons aged 20 and older | 429 |
| Literacy rates of persons aged 20 and above by race | |
| and province, 2011 | 429 |
| International comparisons | 430 |
| Adult literacy, selected countries, 2010 | 430 |
| Youth literacy rate by sex, selected countries, 2010 | 431 |
| Local statistics | 432 |
| Highest education levels of over-21 year olds by | |
| municipality, 2011 | 432 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE | 436 |
| Breakdown by age | 436 |
| Attendance at educational institutions by race and age, | |
| 2011 | 436 |
| Population aged between 4 and 6 attending an | |
| educational institution, 2002–07 | 436 |
| Population aged between 7 and 15 attending an | |
| educational institution, 2002–09 | 436 |
| Population aged between 7 and 15 attending an | |
| educational institution by sex, 2002–08 | 436 |
| Population aged between 16 and 18 attending an | |
| educational institution by sex, 2002–2007 | 436 |
| People aged between 5 and 24 attending an | |
| educational institution, 2002–2008 | 436 |
| Breakdown by institution | 437 |
| Population attending an educational institution, by type | |
| of institution, 2009–11 | 437 |
| Population attending an educational institution, by type | |
| of institution and race, 2011 | 437 |
| Breakdown by fee payment | 438 |
| People attending an educational institution who pay | |
| annual tuition fees, 2002–11 | 438 |
| Non-attendance | 439 |
| Reasons why individuals aged 7 to 24 are not attending an | |
| educational institution by province, 2011 | 439 |
| SCHOOLING | 440 |
| Enrolment | 440 |
| Early childhood development centres | 440 |
| Population aged between 0 and 4 attending an Early | |
| Childhood Development (ECD) centre, by race, 2011 | 440 |
| Population aged between 0 and 4 attending an Early | |
| Childhood Development (ECD) centre, by province, 2011 | 440 |
| Grade R | 441 |
| Enrolment by sex in grade R at sites attached to independent | |
| and public schools, 1999-2011 | 441 |
| Primary and secondary enrolment | 441 |
| Gross enrolment rate (GER) at primary school level, | |
| 1985, 1991, 1995, 1997–2007 | 441 |
| Net enrolment rate (NER) of children aged between | |
| 7 and 13, 1997–2005 | 441 |
| Gross enrolment rate (GER) at secondary school level, | |
| 1985, 1991, 1995, 1997–2009 | 441 |
| Net enrolment rate (NER) of children aged between | |
| 14 and 18, 1997–2005 | 441 |
| All schools and enrolment | 442 |
| Enrolment by grade at ordinary public and independent | |
| schools, 2000 and 2011 | 442 |
| Pupils at independent and public schools by province, | |
| 2000–2011 | 443 |
| All schools | 446 |
| All schools and pupils | 447 |
| Schools | 447 |
| Pupils | 447 |
| Public schools | 448 |
| Number of schools | 448 |
| Public schools by province, 2000 and 2011 | 448 |
| Number of Dinaledi schools by province, 2002-08 | 448 |
| Number of former Model C schools in South Africa, 2009 | 448 |
| Pupils and teachers | 449 |
| Pupils and teachers at public schools by province, 2011 | 449 |
| Pupils and teachers at public schools, 2004 and 2011 | 449 |
| Pupils | 449 |
| Pupils in ordinary schools, by province and race, 2010 | 449 |
| No-fee schools and pupils attending no-fee schools, 2010 | 450 |
| Pupils at farm schools by province, 1996 and 2000 | 450 |
| Pupils in receipt of social grants by province, | |
| 2007 and 2010 | 450 |
| Pupils and languages | 451 |
| Pupils in ordinary schools, by home language and | |
| province, 2010 | 451 |
| Pupils in ordinary public schools, by preferred language of | |
| learning and teaching and province, 2010 | 452 |
| Pupils who learn in their home language, 2010 | 453 |
| Single-medium ordinary public schools by province, 2010 | 454 |
| Parallel-medium ordinary pubilc schools by province and | |
| language, 2010 | 455 |
| Single and parallel-medium schools, 2010 | 456 |
| Teachers | 456 |
| Teachers employed by School Governing Bodies (SGBs) | 456 |
| Teachers employed by school governing bodies, | |
| 1997-2012 | 456 |
| Teacher qualifications | 457 |
| Teachers that are qualified by race, 1990–2011 | 457 |
| Teachers that are qualified, 1990–2011 | 457 |
| Qualified mathematics and physical science teachers | |
| by province, 2008 | 457 |
| Teacher intake | 457 |
| First-time registrations in teaching at tertiary institutions, | |
| 2005–08 | 457 |
| New graduates entering teaching by province, 2011 | 457 |
| Teacher vacancies | 458 |
| Vacancies by province, 2011 | 458 |
| Teacher appointments | 458 |
| Teaching appointments, 2011 | 458 |
| Temporary teachers | 458 |
| Temporary teachers by province at January 2010 | 458 |
| Facilities and amenities | 459 |
| Public schools and toilets, 2011 | 459 |
| Public schools and water supply, 2011 | 460 |
| Public schools and electricity supply, 2011 | 461 |
| Public schools and communications systems, 2011 | 462 |
| Public schools and laboratory facilities, 2011 | 463 |
| Public schools and computer facilities, 2011 | 463 |
| Public schools and library facilities, 2011 | 464 |
| Resources in schools | 464 |
| Limpopo textbook crisis | 464 |
| Safety in schools | 465 |
| Public schools and safety, 2011 | 465 |
| Discipline in schools | 466 |
| Expulsions by province, 2008 and 2009 | 466 |
| Pregnancy in schools | 466 |
| Pupils who got pregnant in ordinary schools, | |
| by province and grade, 2009 | 466 |
| Independent schools | 467 |
| Independent schools by province, 2000–2011 | 467 |
| Pupils and teachers at independent schools by province, | |
| 2011 | 467 |
| Pupils at independent schools by race and province, | |
| 2003–08 | 467 |
| Examinations and output | 468 |
| Public examinations | 468 |
| National Senior Certificate Grade 12, also known as Matric | 468 |
| Candidates | 469 |
| Full-time and part-time candidates by province, 2009–11 | 469 |
| Full-time and part-time candidates, 2009–11 | 469 |
| Overall results | 470 |
| Senior certificate examination results, 1980–2007 | |
| (old curriculum) | 470 |
| National senior certificate examination results, 2008–2011 | |
| (new curriculum) | 470 |
| Results by province | 470 |
| Senior certificate examination results by province, | |
| 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, | |
| and 2007 (old curriculum) | 470 |
| Results by race and province | 471 |
| Pass rate by race and province, 2011 (new curriculum) | 471 |
| African results, 1955–2011 | 472 |
| African results, 1955–2011 | 472 |
| Africans passing matric, 1955–2011 | 473 |
| Subject results | 473 |
| Results in selected senior certificate examination subjects, | |
| 1999–2007 (old curriculum) | 473 |
| New curriculum: 15 selected subjects, 2011 | 473 |
| Technical subjects, 2011 | 474 |
| Languages, 2011 | 474 |
| Passes by level of mark, selected subjects, | |
| 2008–11 (actual numbers) | 475 |
| Passes by level of mark, selected subjects, | |
| 2008–11 (proportions) | 476 |
| Accounting, 2011 | 477 |
| Mathematics, 2011 | 477 |
| Mathematics literacy, 2011 | 477 |
| Physical sciences, 2011 | 478 |
| Life sciences, 2011 | 478 |
| English home language, 2011 | 478 |
| English first additional language, 2011 | 479 |
| Mathematics results in Dinaledi and other schools, 2011 | 479 |
| Physical science results in Dinaledi and other schools, 2011 | 480 |
| Matric results by race and type of school, 2009 | 481 |
| Matric pass rates by race and type of school, 2009 | 481 |
| Matric pass rates by race and type of school, | |
| 2009 (actual numbers) | 481 |
| Matric passes by race and type of school, 2009 (proportions | |
| by type of school) | 482 |
| Matric passes by race and type of school, 2009 (proportions | |
| by race) | 482 |
| Matric passes by race and type of school, 2009 | 482 |
| Throughput | 483 |
| Throughput, 1995-1997 and 2009–2011 | 483 |
| Independent Examinations Board | 484 |
| Examination results | 484 |
| Independent Examinations Board senior certificate | |
| examination results, 1994–2011 | 484 |
| International schooling comparisons | 484 |
| The quality of schooling | 484 |
| Reading achievement, grade 4, 2006 | 484 |
| The school system, 2008 | 484 |
| School enrolment rates | 485 |
| Selected countries, 2010 | 485 |
| OTHER EDUCATION | 486 |
| Further education and training (FET) | 486 |
| Further education and training colleges | 486 |
| Enrolments for NC (V) levels by province, 2011 | 486 |
| Enrolments for NC (V) levels, 2011 | 486 |
| NC (V) subject results per programme, 2009 | 487 |
| National certification rates, selected subjects, 2009 to 2011 | 488 |
| Further education and training colleges by | |
| provinces, 2012 | 489 |
| FET colleges in South Africa, 2009 | 489 |
| Vocational training and apprentices | 490 |
| Pupils who took trade tests through Indlela, | |
| 2006/07–2008/09 | 490 |
| Number of apprentices that entered apprenticeship training | |
| through apprenticeship contracts with Sector Education | |
| and Training Authorities (Setas), 2006/07–2008/09 | 490 |
| Nursing | 491 |
| Output of nursing colleges, private and public, 2000–11 | 491 |
| Agricultural colleges | 492 |
| Enrolments at agricultural colleges by race, 2009 | 492 |
| Graduates from agricultural colleges by race, 2009 | 492 |
| PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION | 493 |
| Universities | 493 |
| Enrolment | 494 |
| Higher education participation rate | 494 |
| Higher education participation rates by race, 2010 | 494 |
| First-year enrolment | 494 |
| Undergraduate students enrolling for their first year | |
| of study, 2004–10 | 494 |
| University enrolment | 495 |
| University and university of technology enrolment, | |
| 1985–2010 | 495 |
| Head-count enrolmenta at universities and universities of | |
| technology by race, 1995–2010 (actual numbers) | 496 |
| Head-count enrolment at universities and universities of | |
| technology by race, 1995–2010 (proportions) | 497 |
| University head-count by race, 1999–2010 (actual numbers) | 498 |
| University head-count by race, 1999 and | |
| 2010 (actual numbers) | 498 |
| University head-count by race, 1999–2010 (proportions) | 499 |
| University head-count by race, 1999 and 2010 (proportions) | 499 |
| University of technology head-count by race, | |
| 1999–2010 (actual numbers) | 500 |
| University of technology head-count by race, | |
| 1999 and 2010 (actual numbers) | 500 |
| University of technology head-count by race, | |
| 1999–2010 (proportions) | 501 |
| University of technology head-count by race, | |
| 1999 and 2010 (proportions) | 501 |
| Staff | 502 |
| University staff and students | 502 |
| Students, staff and ratio of students to staff, 2010 | 502 |
| Output | 503 |
| Publications | 503 |
| Publication of articles, books and conference | |
| proceedings, 2009 | 503 |
| Tertiary awards | 503 |
| All awards | 503 |
| Degrees, diplomas, and certificates awarded by universities | |
| and universities of technology by field of study, | |
| 1996, 2006 and 2010 | 503 |
| Degrees | 504 |
| University and university of technology awards by race and | |
| subject, 1991 and 2010a (actual numbers): degrees | 504 |
| University and university of technology awards by race and | |
| subject, 1991 and 2010 (vertical proportions): degrees | 506 |
| University and university of technology awards by race and | |
| subject, 1991 and 2010 (horizontal proportions): degrees | 508 |
| Output of universities and universities of technology, | |
| 2010 (actual numbers) | 510 |
| Proportion of graduates in science, engineering, and | |
| technology (SET) in higher education, 1994–2010 | 511 |
| PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION | 512 |
| Officially registered private higher institutions, 2011 | 512 |
| Private higher education institutions in South Africa, 2011 | 512 |
| WORK AND EDUCATION | 513 |
| Education and employment | 513 |
| Employment by highest level of education, 2011 and | |
| 2012 (numbers) | 513 |
| Employment by highest level of education, 2011 and | |
| 2012 (proportions) | 513 |
| Education and unemployment | 514 |
| Unemployment by highest level of education, 2011 and | |
| 2012 (actual numbers) | 514 |
| Unemployment by highest level of education, 2011 and | |
| 2012 (proportions) | 514 |