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1. WCED West Coast Education District
Principal Symposium – 10 September 2011
- Quality Education and Quality Jobs/Salaries -
Is education all about the Children, or about the Adults?
Presenter:
Dr Muavia Gallie (PhD)
Education Moving Up Cc.
muavia@mweb.co.za
Turn-Around Consortium (TAC)
Content
1. Awareness: We don’t know what we don’t
know – State of Education in SA (4-21);
2. Who is benefit from the Education budget?
(22-30);
3. Should Quality Education be our focus?
(31-32);
4. Conclusion (33-35).
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2. Introduction
• This presentation is not personal, but it is about
PEOPLE;
• Since what is going wrong in the education system,
has nothing to do with money, but it is about the
PEOPLE;
• What I present is not based on opinion, but rather
data (information);
• This conversation is certainly not about ‘being
politically correct, but rather the ‘uncomfortable
conversations’ we tend to avoid!;
• Finally, I don’t defend constituencies (learners,
teachers, department, etc.), but rather Education!
Awareness Test
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4. TIMSS 2003 - Applying
Maths
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
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8. Average % scores after re-marking
45
Eastern Cape
40 Free State
Gauteng
35
KwaZulu Natal
Average Percentage
Limpopo
30
Mpumalanga
25 Norther Cape
North West
20
Western Cape
South Africa
15
Gr 3 Literacy Gr 3 Numeracy Gr 6 Languages Gr 6 Mathematics
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9. 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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10. 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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11. Japp
So, if we spend all this
money (2011/12 = R178b;
2012/13 = R190b; 2013/14
= R218b) on education,
why are the children not
benefiting?
Who is actually benefiting?
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14. Schools 2001 - 2010
28000
27500
27000
26500
26000
25500
25000
24500
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
At Circuit, Districts, Provincial
and National
• Added Circuits and Districts;
• More Centres, Units, Committees,
Task Teams, etc.;
• More consultants actually doing the
work that was initially defined as part
of people’s job descriptions;
• More Directors, Chief Directors, DDGs,
and DGs, with plenty of PAs.
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15. Teacher Conditions of
Unions Service
School Managing
Leaders Teaching and
Learning
Circuit and Support and
District Development
Four Layers of Expertise
Provincial, Systems
CDE – 7 September 2011
National, Thinking
Ministerial
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16. Quality Education Conference - 2002
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Three Steps to Quality Education
Dys- Step Under- Step High Step Excellent
1 2 3
functional performing Functioning Schools
Schools Schools Schools
Basic Right To Basic Education Quality Education
Education
Legal and Human Rights Professional, Social, and
Obligations Ethical Obligations
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17. Some Untruths in Education
1. Democratic decision making in the education system creates a
conducive tone and culture;
2. Parent involvement is crucial;
3. Resources (computers and libraries) will make all the difference;
4. The department is not supporting teachers and therefore they are
demotivated;
5. Lack of learning is caused by the ill-discipline of learners;
6. Our classrooms are overcrowded – small classes will make the
difference;
7. It is difficult to achieve learner success in poverty stricken
communities;
8. Learners are not at the level they should be when they get to our
school/class;
9. Teacher development will solve most of our performance
problems;
10. It is the unions!
Current Conversations …
• We are making progress …; We are getting
better …; We are getting things under
control …; It is the union! (Education
Officials);
• My principal is on his way from a meeting
… (always between district and school)
(Principals of Schools);
• Always blaming the department, the
principal, parents, children, resources, etc.
(Teachers);
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18. Final Points:
• Appoint people who can do the job, not people who
belong to a group; because they are connected;
etc.;
• As a principal – if you don’t care about every learner
in your school as much as you care about your own
child, then you are in the wrong job …;
• As an official, if you don’t know, can’t do (display),
or is not better than those whom you need to
manage, guide, etc., they will never TRUST what
you say;
• In a functional system, you can get away with
people managing “generally”, but in a dysfunctional
system, you have to have the specific (technical)
capacity and skills!
Thank
You!!
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