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A comparative analysis of education expenditure in Eastern Cape schools – November 2004 The table above shows the impact on the current system of three linked measures: • Realigning combined schools to full primary schools and distributing grade 8 and 9 learners within the same district to senior secondary schools, enabling schools to become full primary and secondary schools. • Closing small secondary schools, defined as those schools that cannot expand to reach an enrolment of 300 or more. Almost all junior secondary schools would either close, or expand into grades 11 and 12 to become full secondary schools. Small secondary schools would have strong incentives to either expand or face closure. • Harmonising LERs and LCRs across small and large schools at the current space norms (LCR equal to 40 for primary schools and 35 for secondary schools) and to LERs of 35 for primary schools and 30 for secondary schools. Realignment of the schooling system along these lines would greatly reduce the pressures towards a large establishment with the following results: • A reduction in the required educator establishment from the current numbers of 64,667 in post (EMIS 10 th day return survey 2004) to 62,334 with a saving of 2,333 posts. The table below shows the annual savings from this educator establishment to be R290 million at current prices. This would release funds equivalent to a 44% increase in the 2004/05 non-personnel budget which could be reprioritised to teaching and learning materials, school services or building improvements. • Only a minor increase would result in the overall LER for the province from 32.2 to 33.4, as small and large schools harmonise around agree space and post provisioning norms. Table 26: Impact of no combined and small secondary school post savings IMPACT Educator posts saved 2,333Numbers Value of savings R 290R million Programme 2 Budget 2004/05 Personnel R 8,267R million Non-Personnel Recurrent R 658R million Savings: Personnel 3.5% Savings:Non-Personnel Recurrent 44.1% The challenges of harmonising the schooling system around space norms and a slightly higher LER are significant. Very small schools with an enrolment of 100 or less, mostly primary schools, would find it difficult to organise teaching in class sizes of 35. Such schools are often farm schools serving a very small community or population catchment. Multi-grade teaching is usual practice in these schools. There are special challenges in multi-grade learning and proper training and support to teachers would be needed. Another result of this realignment would be a need for additional classrooms in secondary schools as they expand to become significantly larger schools and take additional learners. To set against this, the classroom backlog in combined schools 38
A comparative analysis of education expenditure in Eastern Cape schools – November 2004 would be reduced as existing classroom space would be spread over a smaller number of grades. The table below shows the classroom backlogs resulting from applying the space criteria of an LCR of 40 and 35 in primary and secondary schools respectively to the existing system, a no combined no senior secondary system, and a non combined no small secondary system. Table 27: Classroom backlogs under space norms for different school systems Primary & Secondary Combined Schools (All No Combined & No Small Schools No Combined Schools Small School Enrolment Or less 300 0 0 0 More than 300 0 0 0 Grades) All Schools 0 0 0 Or less 300 0 0 0 More than 300 0 2,202 4,967 Combined Schools (Grades R to 9) All Schools 0 2,202 4,967 Or less 300 0 0 0 Intermediate Schools More than 300 0 0 0 (Grades 5 to 9) All Schools 0 0 0 Or less 300 0 0 0 More than 300 0 0 0 Farm Schools (Mostly Primary Grades) All Schools 0 0 0 Or less 300 0 0 0 Full Primary Schools More than 300 1,552 0 0 (Grades R to 7) All Schools 1,552 0 0 Junior Primary Or less 300 0 0 0 Schools (Grades R to More than 300 0 0 0 3/4) All Schools 0 0 0 Senior Primary Or less 300 0 0 0 Schools (Grades 4/5 to More than 300 0 0 0 7) All Schools 0 0 0 Hospital Schools 0 0 0 Or less 300 0 0 0 Full Secondary Schools (Grades 8 to Current Base More than 300 6,471 268 222 12) All Schools 6,471 268 222 Or less 300 0 0 0 More than 300 0 3 3 Junior Secondary Schools (Grades 8-10) All Schools 0 3 3 Or less 300 0 5 0 Senior Secondary More than 300 0 5,149 762 Schools (Grades 10-12) All Schools 0 5,153 762 Museum School 0 0 0 ALL SCHOOLS 8,023 7,627 5,954 39
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