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Presenter: Dr Muavia Gallie (PhD)
Education Moving Up Cc. [email protected]
Turn-Around Consortium (TAC)
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?�
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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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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TIMSS Participation Countries 2007
TIMSS Participation 1995 - 2007
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TIMSS 2003 - Applying Maths
SACMEQ Countries
Botswana
Kenya Lesotho Malawi
Mauritius Mozambique
Namibia Seychelles
South Africa Swaziland Tanzania
Uganda Zambia
Zanzibar Zimbabwe
Source: SACMEQ Data, 2007
Pupil reading sco r e s
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SACMEQ Results 6 2 12 15 4 7 13 1 9 5 3 10 14 11 8
6 5 13 15 3 12 9 2 10 4 1 11 14 7 8
7 2 11 13 1 4 14 3 9 6 5 8 12 10 15
6 2 12 14 1 11 13 4 8 5 3 9 15 10 7
MLA (Unesco/Unicef Education for All Campaign
Grade 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 3 2 9 4 5 6 12 7 11 10 8
2 6 5 8 4 3 7 1 11 12 9 10
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1999-2010 + Ave Comparing Grades 1-12 from 1999 to 2010
450,000500,000550,000600,000650,000700,000750,000800,000850,000900,000950,0001,000,0001,050,0001,100,0001,150,0001,200,0001,250,0001,300,0001,350,000
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Musical Chairs Game
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Musical Chairs Game 24 1
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Gr1 Gr2 Gr3 Gr4 Gr5 Gr6 Gr7 Gr8 Gr9 Gr10 Gr11 Gr12
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Gr 3 Literacy Gr 3 Numeracy Gr 6 Languages Gr 6 Mathematics
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Average % scores after re-marking
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Norther Cape
North West
Western Cape
South Africa
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Matrics 2010 started Gr1 in 1999 Drop in Learners Gr 1 (1999) - Gr12 (2010)
1,318,932
579,384550,000600,000650,000700,000750,000800,000850,000900,000950,000
1,000,0001,050,0001,100,0001,150,0001,200,0001,250,0001,300,0001,350,000
Grade 1 Grade 12
Only 44% retained!
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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Access vs Success
Whether you Pass! How you Pass!
Short-Listing
Employment Quantity
Quality
% Different Types of schools in SA
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% -20%
Anti-Functional
Dysfunctional Under-Performing
High-Performing
Qua
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of P
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Quality of Pass (Grades)
20% 50%
20% 10%
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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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LES: 2001 - 2005
LES: 2006 - 2009
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11400000
11600000
11800000
12000000
12200000
12400000
12600000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Learners 2001 - 2010
320000
340000
360000
380000
400000
420000
440000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Educators 2001 - 2010
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24500
25000
25500
26000
26500
27000
27500
28000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Schools 2001 - 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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Four Layers of Expertise C
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Man
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Lear
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Supp
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Dev
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Syst
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Thin
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Teac
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Uni
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Scho
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Lead
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Circ
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Dis
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Prov
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Nat
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l CDE – 7 September 2011
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Quality Education Conference - 2002
Three Steps to Quality Education
Dys-functional Schools
Step 1
Under-performing
Schools
Step 2
High Functioning
Schools
Step 3
Excellent Schools
Basic Right To Education
Basic Education Quality Education
Legal and Human Rights Obligations
Professional, Social, and Ethical Obligations
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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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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!!