5 Year Strategic Plan 2005/06 - Department of Education

Map 5: Learner: Classroom Ratios per District 2004
p a r t C : b a c k g r o u n d i n f o r m a t i o n
13.9.7 Educator Gender Equity
The number of female educators stayed fairly constant from 1999 to 2003 at levels of
73%. The situation is still that whilst (for example 2003) female educators constitute 70,
1% of all educators, their representivity in the higher ranks of school management is
poor. Only 46.79% are school deputy principals, and 49.36% are principals. Need it be
said that from 1999 to 2003 the number of female principals did decrease from 53% in
1999 to 49.36% in 2003. The biggest decline was at the level of HOD which showed a
decline of 3.51%.
Table 32: Percentage of Educators (state-paid educators only) by Gender employed at Different
Post Levels
2000 2001 2002 2003
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Principal 48.7% 51.3% 50.76% 49.24% 50.99% 49.01% 50.64% 49.36%
Deputy Principal 53.07% 46.93% 52.07% 47.93% 52.13% 47.87% 53.21% 46.79%
Head of Dept 28.41% 71.59% 30.42% 69.58% 31.94% 68.06% 31.51% 68.49%
Post Level 1 Educator
26.85% 73.15% 26.17% 73.83% 26.17% 73.83% 27.13% 72.87%
13.9.8 Educator attrition in the Eastern Cape
When comparing the number of permanent educators in the provincial system in March
2003 and March 2004 it was found that the attrition rate amounted to 9,5%. Attrition
among the four race groups is as shown in graph 12. What stands out is that the
number of permanent educators is shrinking. However, the hiring of more temporary
educators has compensated for the number of educators lost, though this was not
analysed.
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