The document discusses strategies for turning around underperforming schools in South Africa. It provides data on learner enrollment, retention, and performance in primary and secondary grades from 1999-2010. Only 44% of learners who entered grade 1 in 1999 were retained through to grade 12 in 2010. The success rate of the education system, defined as the percentage of learners attaining what the system promises, is only 8.1%. While South Africa has achieved increasing access to education, the quality and success rates remain low, with most schools classified as dysfunctional, anti-functional, or under-performing.

1. - Turn Around Strategy (TAS) -
An opportunity to
Getting It Right In Schools
Driven by
School Managers Managing Change
Presenter:
Dr Muavia Gallie (PhD)
Education Moving Up Cc.
muavia@mweb.co.za
Turn-Around Consortium (TAC)
TIMSS Participation Countries
2007
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2. TIMSS Participation 1995 -
2007
TIMSS 2003 - Applying
Maths
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3. SACMEQ Countries
Botswana
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Pupil
Uganda
reading
Zambia sco re s
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
Source: SACMEQ Data, 2007
6 SACMEQ Results
6 7 6
2 5 2 2
12 13 11 12
15 15 13 14
4 3 1 1
7 12 4 11
13 9 14 13
1 2 3 4
9 10 9 8
5 4 6 5
3 1 5 3
10 11 8 9
14 14 12 15
11 7 10 10
8 8 15 7
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4. MLA (Unesco/Unicef
Education for All Campaign
1 Grade 4
1 2
2 3 6
3 2 5
4 9 8
5 4 4
6 5 3
7 6 7
8 12 1
9 7 11
10 11 12
11 10 9
12 8 10
1999-2010 + Ave
Comparing Grades 1-12 from 1999 to 2010
1,350,000
1,300,000
1,250,000
1,200,000 1999
1,150,000 2000
1,100,000 2001
1,050,000 2002
1,000,000 2003
950,000 2004
900,000 2005
850,000 2006
800,000 2007
750,000 2008
700,000 2009
650,000 2010
600,000 Ave.
550,000
500,000
450,000
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 12
Grade 11
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5. Musical Chairs Game
Musical Chairs Game
24 1
23 2
22 3
21 4
20 5
19 6
18 7
17 8
16 9
15 10
14 11
13 12
12 13
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Gr1 Gr2 Gr3 Gr4 Gr5 Gr6 Gr7 Gr8 Gr9 Gr10 Gr11 Gr12
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6. Matrics 2010 started Gr1 in 1999
Drop in Learners Gr 1 (1999) - Gr12 (2010)
1,350,000
1,300,000 1,318,932
1,250,000
1,200,000
1,150,000
1,100,000
1,050,000
1,000,000
950,000
900,000
850,000
800,000
750,000
700,000
650,000 Only 44% retained!
600,000 579,384
550,000
Grade 1 Grade 12
Success rate = 8,1%
• Success-rate of the system = 8,1%
• Of every 12 learners starting Grade
One, only 1 learner attains what the
system is promising them - data 2005!
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7. Access vs Success
Short-Listing
Employment
Quantity
Quality
Whether you Pass! How you Pass!
% Different Types of schools in SA
Quality of Pass (Grades)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
Quantity of Pass
50%
40% 20%
30%
20% 50%
10%
0% 20%
-10%
-20% 10%
Anti- Dysfunctional Under- High-
Functional Performing Performing
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8. Thank
You!!
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