(1)
Table 1 below, indicates the number of learners in special schools for the deaf, in 2017. The 2017 figures are based on special schools that uploaded to LURITS as at September 2017.
Table 1: Number of learners in special schools for the deaf, by province, in 2017
Province |
2017 |
EC |
848 |
FS |
699 |
GP |
2 136 |
KZN |
2 980 |
LP |
1 299 |
MP |
296 |
NC |
156 |
NW |
350 |
WC |
1 256 |
Total |
10 020 |
Source: 2017 LURITS, September uploads
2(a)(i)(ii)(ii)
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) measured the reading comprehension levels of learners in a representative sample of mainstream public schools. Within these sampled schools, the sampling methodology, which is externally prescribed by International Association for Education Assessment, did not differentiate between deaf and non-deaf learners. There was no specific indicator to count the number of deaf learners in the 2016 Study and in previous cycles.
2(b) The Grade 4 provincial results are as follows:
Province |
PIRLS Score |
Eastern Cape |
290 |
Free State |
347 |
Gauteng |
343 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
316 |
Limpopo |
285 |
Mpumalanga |
313 |
Northern Cape |
306 |
North West |
326 |
Western Cape |
377 |
National |
320 |
Source: 2016 PIRLS
(3)(a)
Table 2 below, indicate the number of Grade 1 learners in special schools for the deaf in 2005. Please note that the response rate for the 2005 annual survey for special schools was very low. Only 50% of the schools responded to the survey.
Table 2: Number of Grade 1 learners
Province |
Number of Grade 1 learners |
Eastern Cape |
35 |
Free State |
31 |
Gauteng |
91 |
Limpopo |
121 |
Mpumalanga |
42 |
Western Cape |
75 |
Total |
395 |
Source: 2005 SNE Annual Survey
(3)(b)
Province |
No. of Learners that wrote matric |
Eastern Cape |
15 |
Free State |
9 |
Gauteng |
33 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
27 |
Limpopo |
19 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
North West |
0 |
Northern Cape |
10 |
Western Cape |
27 |
National |
140 |
Source: 2017 Exam Mainframe system