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Table 39: Number and Percentage of Learners by Gender and Disability (2004)
Description MALE FEMALE TOTAL % OF TOTAL
Attention Deficit 700 285 985 5.8%
Autistic 76 24 100 0.6%
Blind 186 96 282 1.7%
Cerebral Palsied 299 235 534 3.1%
Deaf 436 425 861 5.1%
Deaf Blind Disabled 8 8 16 0.1%
Epileptic 223 223 443 2.6%
Extrinsically Disabled 82 36 118 0.7%
Gifted 503 507 1010 6.0%
Hard of Hearing 286 240 526 3.1%
Mildly Mentally Handicapped 2903 1600 4503 26.5%
Multi Disabled 139 96 235 1.4%
Partially Sighted 314 336 649 3.8%
Physically Disabled 387 283 668 3.9%
Severe Behavioral Disorder 582 225 807 4.8%
Severely Mentally Handicapped 1742 1214 2956 17.4%
Specific Learning Disabled 1536 744 2278 13.4%
10402 6577 16971
Table 40 indicates the learner: educator ratios for 2004. The learner numbers in LSEN
schools increased in 2004 to 8,386. Concurrently the educator numbers stayed fairly
constant at 622. This resulted in a higher learner: educator ratio in 2004. Although the
focus is on publicly employed employees, the interaction between publicly and privately
employed employees is important, and is therefore included in the following table:
Table 40: Learner - Educator Ratios in Programme 4 Schools
Phase Learners Publicly employed
educators
Public
L:E
Privately
employed
educators
Total
educators
Effective
L:E ratios
4.1 8386 622 13.48 47 669 12.5
Table 41: Learner : Classroom Ratio in Special Schools and the Classroom Backlog
Programme Learners Classrooms L:C Ratio Classroom Backlog
4.1 Schools 8386 514 16.31:1 133
Total for Special Schools 8386 514 16:31:1 133
All figures represent the situation in the school year 2004
Table 42 indicates the number of specialists (excluding educators) in public and independent
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