1. DINALEDI SCHOOL PROJECT 1 PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE 14 SEPTEMBER 2011

2. BACKGROUND Mathematics and science performance remain vital to job creation, economic growth and prosperity. For this reason, The Action Plan to 2014 underpins the improvement of mathematics and physical science as one of its primary goals. In addressing this goal the Department of Basic Education (DBE) will continue to promote excellence in both Mathematics and Science education. Mathematics and Science Improvement Strategy 2

3. STATING THE PROBLEM Mathematics and Science Improvement Strategy 3 A very serious problem experienced in South Africa is that there are not enough learners leaving the school system with good mathematics and physical science results. This has caused skills shortages in the economy, particularly in areas like medicine and financial management. Presently around one in seven young people leave school with a Grade 12 pass in mathematics. The number is a even lower for physical science.

4. STRATEGY Mathematics and Science Improvement Strategy 4 The aim is to increase this to around one in five by 2014 and one in three by 2025, for each subject. To this effect, Government has for a number of years been paying special attention to improving mathematics and physical science results in Grades 10 to 12. An important programme of government is Dinaledi, which started in 2001. In 2007 this programme was expanded so that it covered almost 500 schools. Recent evaluations by experts have found that the additional training and resources going to Dinaledi schools did make a difference to Grade 12 results, especially in schools in poorer areas. The challenge is to improve the Dinaledi approach further and to include more schools.

5. Targets of the Action Plan 1.Increase the number of learners in Grade 3 who by the end of the year have mastered the minimum language and numeracy competencies for Grade 3. 2Increase the number of learners in Grade 6 who by the end of the year have mastered the minimum language and mathematics competencies for Grade 6. 3Increase the number of learners in Grade 9 who by the end of the year have mastered the minimum language and mathematics competencies for Grade 9. 4. Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who become eligible for a Bachelors programme at a university. 5 Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass mathematics. 6. Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass physical science. 7. Improve the average performance in mathematics of Grade 6 learners. 8. Improve the average performance in mathematics of Grade 8 Mathematics and Science Improvement Strategy 5

6. The number of Dinaledi schools by province and year intervals 6 Province Number of schools 2002-20042006200720082009-2010 Eastern Cape 1560 Free State 6303536 Gauteng 1170101 KwaZulu-Natal 23708488 Limpopo 235051 Mpumalanga 7304446 North West 7405153 Northern Cape 41017 Western Cape 6404548 TOTAL102400 (77)488 (371)500 (478)500

7. Mathematics Passes 2010 7 PROVWrote0-29 Fail30-3940-4950 - 5960 - 6970 - 79 80 - 100 Total passes Total % passes EC 388012394165483880198911326546571486038% FS 11003550220751327791556344408550150% GP 40024158006755556641893013210325982422461% KZN 659733378512732817547112782173920493218849% LP 4919229116829850943051171310448762007641% MP 241671387538582670156310326175521029243% NW 127035721252417591133699465402698255% NC 36271674693496295229105135195354% WC 1754458352829231119301553123818481170967% Total263034135249463123127819652127098309952512778549%

8. Total Number of learners passing Mathematics in Dinaledi schools 8 PRO V Wrote % contribution to the National 0-29 Fail 30 - 3940 - 4950 - 5960 - 6970 - 79 80 - 100 Total passes Total % passes EC 5662 15 263285343312332541291282970 52% FS 2662 24 1229367194557124761151395 52% GP 10052 25 39331458111817367145185756020 60% KZ N 9756 15 4206138190719145383734375438 565 LP 6045 12 231490970510594383093113669 61% MP 3913 16 19984843086802061171201870 48% NW 4334 34 15837045019402821791452700 62% NC 1172 32 54715789262613125595 51% WC 4164 24 16626284598062621621852452 59% Total47760 18 2010469414714918728791894204127109 57%

9. 2009 to 2010 learners passing Mathematics at 50% and above in Dinaledi schools vs national 9 Prov20092010 Total Number Who Wrote Number passing =>50% Total Wrote Number passing =>50% Dinaledi passes as % of total passing Total Number Who Wrote Number passing =>50% Total Wrote Number passing =>50% Dinale di passe s as % of total passi ng (Nat) Dinaledi (Nat) Dinaledi EC432514933568098920% 38801 4432 56621744 39% FS132582652275560223% 11003 2099 2662872 42% GP473651278412071319525% 40024 11903 100523543 30% KZN742151174010403254722% 65973 11281 97563262 29% LP5034267585494165925% 49192 6684 60452117 32% MP248603471394675322% 24167 3764 39131123 30% NW1388628984603119041% 12703 2699 43341546 57% NC4020604122114424% 3627 764 1172379 50% WC1921069394748113416% 17544 6569 41641415 22% Total 29040752779509211221323% 263034 50195 4776016001 32%

10. Total number of learners enrolling and passing Physical Science in 2010 10 PROVWrote nationally 0-29 Fail 30-3940-4950 - 5960 - 6970 - 7980 - 100Total passes Total % passes EC 27163149145866303515329235083851224945% FS 10592572420151072734485302260486846% GP 33763145146280412032012367170015811924957% KZN 473232267610314578835692266138013302464752% LP 395232243976664008249215048185961708443% MP 2013911531362619901268842543339860843% NW 11270541623731383883549406260585452% NC 296515705683112111399472139547% WC 12626496919601383120410459261139765761% TOTAL 205364103753406682309015094101206677596210161149%

11. The number of learners enrolling and passing Physical Sciences in Dinaledi schools 11 PROVWrote Dinaledi % contribution to the National 0-29 Fail30-3940-4950 - 5960 - 6970 - 7980 - 100Total passes Total % passes EC 4161 15% 184556934299021910987 2316 56 FS 2273 21% 9973012064891208575 1276 56 GP 8125 24% 317810948471628622418338 4947 61 KZN 6920 15% 26649796531547470312295 4256 62 LP 4370 11% 1324741550890404243218 3046 70 MP 3219 16% 153741825064117912371 1682 52 NW 3869 34% 164855536082920917296 2221 57 NC 973 33% 5369859205422310 437 45 WC 2951 23% 1207383303574218136130 1744 59 TOTAL36861 18% 14936513835707793248316211320 21925 59

12. 2009 to 2010 learners passing Physical Science at 50% and above in Dinaledi schools vs national 12 Prov20092010 Total Number Who Wrote Number passing =>50% Total Wrote Number passing =>50% Dinaledi passes as % of total passing Total Number Who Wrote Number passing =>50% Total Wrote Number passing =>50% Dinale di passe s as % of total passin g (Nat) Dinaledi (Nat) Dinaledi EC 3012116754042281 17% 27163334841611405 42% FS 1201012212374276 23% 1059217812273769 43% GP 39554556197531383 25% 33763884981253006 34% KZN 50470511474471153 23% 47323854569202624 31% LP 3946926864261798 30% 39523541043701755 32% MP 2066613623465268 20% 20139299232191014 34% NW 1214012554004500 40% 11270209838691306 62% NC 310327899749 18% 2965516973280 54% WC 1334931103102480 15% 12626431429511058 25% Total2208822226239445518823%20536437853368611321735%

13. EXPECTED OUTPUTS 2011/12 Mathematics and Science Improvement Strategy 13  Top up to 7 Textbooks for each learner in Grades 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 learners  Mobile Science laboratories to 300 Dinaledi schools without labs and science kits to 500 Dinaledi Schools  Mathematics kits for 500 Dinaledi schools  300 ICT laboratories in Dinaledi schools without ICT Labs  Televisions that can receive education TV Broadcasts and solutions installed in 500 Dinaledi schools  50 computers in each of the 500 schools  Mathematics, Physical Science and English FAL teaching and learning software at 500 Dinaledi Schools  2000 teachers trained on content knowledge in mathematics, physical science and English FAL  Distribution to 500 Dinaledi schools of a diagnostic tool to assess, measure and address learning and teaching deficiencies in mathematics, physical science and English FAL  Capacity development of principals in 90 Dinaledi schools achieving below 60% pass rate in the NSC examinations  Grade 8, 9 and 10 learners in 500 Dinaledi schools trained and supported to participate in Mathematics and Science Olympiads

14. RECOMMENDATIONS Reconfigure the Dinaledi Schools Project as Centres for Excellence in Mathematics and Science around which to further strengthen maths and science in schools A revised MST Improvement Strategy to provide a clear plan that addresses key challenges noted in mathematics and science teaching in schools The strategy to provide a broad framework for guiding the system and partners towards improving maths and science Mathematics and Science Improvement Strategy 14