Volume II - The Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development ...

Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
December 2011
offer courses in finance, economics and accounting, engineering, IT and computer science,
management, hospitality, marketing, and tourism.
According to the PGDS the province is currently involved with a mass literacy campaign and Adult
Basic Education Training (ABET) program that seeks to increase the literacy rate in the province.
The province’s intake for the Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign 26 was 6 500 participants for
2010, and it is part of the province’s goal in meeting the Millennium Development Goals of halving
illiteracy by 2014. This mass literacy campaign must enrol at least 10 000 participants for the next
five years.
The Northern Cape schools have embarked on the Eco‐Schools program 27 so fast that they have
become national leaders in this regard. The Department of Environment and Nature Conservation
had 19 schools registered and 13 more were evaluated. Approximately R11‐billion has been
allocated by the provincial government over a three‐year period to 2012/13 in order to improve
literacy and numeracy and to improve matric results. The matric class of 2010 improved the
provincial pass rate from 61.3% to 72.3%.
E.2.6 LITERACY AND EDUCATION LEVELS
According to the LED Strategy the adult education attainment levels in the Northern Cape are on
average higher than the adult education attainment levels of South Africa. Approximately 19.7%
of the Northern Cape adults have no schooling in comparison to South Africa’s 18.1%. The
Northern Cape Province has the second lowest amount of adult individuals (5.5%) that obtained a
tertiary education in South Africa (refer to table below).
Table E.19: Adult Education levels of South Africa per province, 2007 (Source: Quantec Research,
2009 as cited in the LED Strategy).
AREA NO
SCHOOLING
SOME
PRIMARY
COMPLETE
PRIMARY
(GRADE 7)
SOME
SECONDARY
COMPLETE
SECONDARY
(GRADE 12)
HIGHER
(TERTIARY)
South Africa 18.1% 16.4% 6.6% 30.4% 19.2% 7.8%
Western Cape 6.1% 15.8% 8.2% 36.0% 21.6% 10.5%
Eastern Cape 22.6% 19.9% 7.6% 29.3% 13.5% 6.1%
Northern Cape 19.7% 22.1% 8.1% 28.7% 14.6% 5.5%
Free State 16.3% 22.2% 8.2% 30.8% 15.8% 5.6%
KwaZulu‐Natal 22.2% 17.7% 6.1% 28.3% 18.2% 6.1%
North West 20.0% 20.4% 7.1% 29.0% 17.0% 5.2%
Gauteng 9.1% 11.8% 5.8% 33.6% 26.3% 11.3%
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The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign was launched in February 2008, with the intention of enabling 4.7
million adults above the age of 15 years to become literate and numerate in one of the eleven official languages.
The campaign makes specific efforts to target vulnerable groups. Currently, 80% of the learners are women, 8%
are disabled and 25% are youth, and 20% are above the age of 60. Kha Ri Gude is available at no cost to adults
who have little or no education. Learners are required to commit themselves to attending classes for 240 hours.
To ensure that learners fulfil this commitment, classes and are held in communities, at times which are
convenient to the learners, and take place in homes, churches, community centres, prisons, etc. These learning
groups play a significant role in community social cohesion. By the end of 2009, South Africa will have achieved
an additional 1 million newly literate people.
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Eco‐Schools operate in more than 46 countries worldwide and is a program of the Foundation for Environmental
Education. Eco‐schools aim at improving environmental management and environmental learning at the school,
its aim is also to draw tourists to their respective areas as this program is an international program.
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