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1551 FRIDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2008
1552
Province State-paid
and SGB-paid
educators
State-paid
educators
Limpopo 34,1 34,7
Mpumalanga 33,5 35,4
North West 31,1 32,4
Northern Cape 31,9 34,2
Western Cape 31,5 37,2
National 32,8 35,2
Source: EMIS School Realities 2005
Note: In 2005 the teacher:learner ratio in
public schools was 35,2, while the current
teacher/learner ratio in public schools is
33,7. This translates into 15,582 additional
educators. There were 362 478 state-paid
educators in public schools in 2005, while in
2008 there are 378 060 state-paid educators.