The Department of Basic Education has published its latest School Monitoring Survey, showing where the country’s schools are improving and also where things are getting worse.
The survey was commissioned by the department in 2017, and sought to measure the progress of public schools through to 2019.
Across the major indicators, the department measured areas of concern including vacant teaching posts, teacher absenteeism, access to books and libraries, the functionality of school governing bodies, and the effectiveness of national exams.
While some areas showed improvement since the previous survey (2011), others underlined growing problems.
According to the department, on the positive side, access to libraries has increased across South Africa’s schools – even more so in poorer areas.
Schools have also become more effective in terms of their governing bodies and infrastructure needs. However, only 59% schools meet the nationa
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