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Primary Report South Africa Case Study Isla Haddow-Flood and
Kelsey Wiens WikiAfrica at the Africa Centre
Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle
Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education
//the statistics Total population of South Africa (2011):
51,770,560 # children under 19 in South Africa (2011): 19,103,566
37% of the population Total number of children aged 5-14 (2011):
9,414,637 or 18% of the population
Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle
Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education
//the statistics Almost one in three or 29.6% is aged between
0-14 years. South Africa Public Primary Schools: 14,456 Primary
Schools 5,992,863 Learners 187,520 Teachers
Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle
Willow Smith courtesy of Equa
//challenges Low levels of literacy and numeracy Focus on
Matric (Final) exams negate concentration on building blocks of
education Chaotic and expensive unsuccessful national dedication to
outcomes-based education Lack of trained teachers (in 2010 the
pupil/ teacher ratio was 43:1) Over-crowded classrooms Educators do
not work regular hours Poor teacher attendance and time
inefciency.
Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle
Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education
//challenges School infrastructure challenges include: shortage
of books and teaching materials Shortage of support and
administrative staff Not all schools have access to running water,
electricity or toilets Insufcient access for pupils to nutrition
and sexual assault and violence in school is on rise; A signicant
number of children are in grades that do not reect their age;
Students are often not able to complete homework due to household
chores being seen as higher priority The impact of HIV is signicant
and debilitating. It is reasonable to presume that those problems
might be consistent in other African counties
Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle
Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education
//OER in South Africa Siyavula In 2012 Siyavula, a Cape
Town-based Open Access publisher, began supplying the Department of
Basic Education with Grade 10, 11 and 12 Maths and Science
textbooks for R40 each. Nalibali Nalibali is isiXhosa for heres the
story, they are a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to
designed to spark childrens potential through storytelling and
reading
Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle
Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education
//OER in South Africa OER4Schools CCE-funded OER4Schools
project started in August 2009 with a pilot phase, that was
completed in May 2010.They assessed the feasibility of providing
Open Educational Resources (OER) to ICT- and Internet-equipped
primary schools in Zambia, and of supporting interactive forms of
subject pedagogy with the new resources. OER Africa OER Africa is
an innovative initiative established by the South African Institute
for Distance Education (Saide) to play a leading role in driving
the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) across
all education sectors on the African continent.
Zambian high schoolers and their mobile phones, by mLearning
Africa CC-BY -SA
//Challenges to OER Infrastructure -computers used as admin
tools rather than teaching devices -School access to internet
intermittent or non-existent -Security and out of school access to
technology Teacher knowledge, resources and time constraints
IT training for kids who live in the surrounding farm areas of
Stutterheim outside East London in the Eastern Cape. South Africa.
Photo:Trevor Samson / World BankFigure
//Mobile in South Africa Mobile penetration in South Africa (by
unique subscribers) stood at 63.68%. Unique subscribers in 2012:
32,386,986. The current contract vs prepaid split on connections is
19% contract vs. 81% prepaid. 8 million South Africans access the
internet on their mobiles. 2.48 million do not have access to
computers, 5.42 million or 90% South Africas internet users use
their cellphones to go online.