Filling of Vacancies at Schools Annexure A

FILLING OF VACANCIES AT SCHOOLS ANNEXURE A

Tables 1-4 below show the vacancy rates for Principals, Deputy Principals, HODs and teachers (PL1) respectively for the months of January and March 2012 per province as reflected on PERSAL.

Table 1: Principal vacancy rate

Province / Date / Total Vacancies / Schools 1 / Vacancy Rate
EC / 12-Jan / 355 / 5589 / 6.35%
12-Mar / 726 / 5589 / 12.99%
FS / 12-Jan / 11 / 1371 / 0.80%
12-Mar / 39 / 1371 / 2.84%
GP / 12-Jan / 67 / 2041 / 3.28%
12-Mar / 63 / 2041 / 3.09%
KZN / 12-Jan / 177 / 5957 / 2.97%
12-Mar / 499 / 5957 / 8.38%
LP / 12-Jan / 18 / 3931 / 0.46%
12-Mar / 170 / 3931 / 4.32%
MP / 12-Jan / 63 / 1821 / 3.46%
12-Mar / 131 / 1821 / 7.19%
NW / 12-Jan / 104 / 1614 / 6.44%
12-Mar / 215 / 1614 / 13.32%
NC / 12-Jan / 104 / 591 / 17.60%
12-Mar / 90 / 591 / 15.23%
WC / 12-Jan / 374 / 1451 / 25.78%
12-Mar / 262 / 1451 / 18.06%
Overall / 12-Jan / 5.22%
12-Mar / 9.01%

Sources: PERSAL January and March, 2012 and EMISSchool Realities, 2011

Note: 1 The vacancy rate indicated was calculated by dividing the number of schools by the number of principal vacancies. This is based on the assumption of a principal for every school.

Table 2: Deputy Principal vacancy rate

Province / Date / Total Vacancies / PPN2012 / Vacancy Rate
EC / 12-Jan / 493 / 1518 / 32.48%
12-Mar / 606 / 1518 / 39.92%
FS / 12-Jan / 23 / 947 / 2.43%
12-Mar / 29 / 947 / 3.06%
GP / 12-Jan / 206 / 2549 / 8.08%
12-Mar / 236 / 2549 / 9.26%
KZN / 12-Jan / 187 / 2687 / 6.96%
12-Mar / 383 / 2687 / 14.25%
LP / 12-Jan / 7 / 1822 / 0.38%
12-Mar / 79 / 1822 / 4.34%
MP / 12-Jan / 81 / 1168* / 6.93%
12-Mar / 155 / 1168* / 13.27%
NC / 12-Jan / 54 / 2938* / 1.84%
12-Mar / 60 / 2938* / 2.04%
NW / 12-Jan / 103 / 3119 / 3.30%
12-Mar / 162 / 3119 / 5.19%
WC / 12-Jan / 137 / 4047 / 3.39%
12-Mar / 140 / 4047 / 3.46%
Overall / 12-Jan / 6.21%
12-Mar / 8.9%

Source: PERSAL January and March, 2012

Note: *The indicated vacancy rate for Northern Cape and Mpumalanga is based on head count (actual persons existing in the system) as opposed to the actual number of posts (as per PPN 2012) as in other provinces. It therefore only indicates the proportion of educators needed in relation to those currently in the system

Table 3: Departmental Head vacancy rate

Province / Date / Total Vacancies / PPN2012 / Vacancy Rate
EC / 12-Jan / 1460 / 7153 / 20.41%
12-Mar / 2026 / 7153 / 28.32%
FS / 12-Jan / 532 / 2942 / 18.08%
12-Mar / 114 / 2942 / 3.87%
GP / 12-Jan / 575 / 8494 / 6.77%
12-Mar / 638 / 8494 / 7.51%
KZN / 12-Jan / 177 / 11698 / 1.51%
12-Mar / 1254 / 11698 / 10.72%
LP / 12-Jan / 28 / 6860 / 0.41%
12-Mar / 186 / 6860 / 2.71%
MP / 12-Jan / 301 / 4040* / 7.45%
12-Mar / 571 / 4040* / 14.13%
NC / 12-Jan / 166 / 2938* / 5.65%
12-Mar / 168 / 2938* / 5.72%
NW / 12-Jan / 237 / 3119 / 7.60%
12-Mar / 460 / 3119 / 14.75%
WC / 12-Jan / 374 / 4047 / 9.24%
12-Mar / 362 / 4047 / 8.94%
Overall / 12-Jan / 7.51%
12-Mar / 11.27%

Source: PERSAL January and March, 2012

Table 4: Teachers vacancy rate

Province / Date / Total Vacancies / PPN2012 / Vacancy Rate
EC / 12-Jan / 1460 / 47826 / 3.05%
12-Mar / 5107 / 47826 / 10.68%
FS / 12-Jan / 344 / 16389 / 2.10%
12-Mar / 736 / 16389 / 4.49%
GP / 12-Jan / 2697 / 39192 / 6.88%
12-Mar / 2335 / 39192 / 5.96%
KZN / 12-Jan / 1415 / 64672 / 2.19%
12-Mar / 2936 / 64672 / 4.54%
LP / 12-Jan / 190 / 43177 / 0.44%
12-Mar / 3197 / 43177 / 7.40%
MP / 12-Jan / 857 / 25812* / 3.32%
12-Mar / 3738 / 25812* / 14.48%
NC / 12-Jan / 654 / 19458* / 3.36%
12-Mar / 628 / 19458* / 3.23%
NW / 12-Jan / 1161 / 16371 / 7.09%
12-Mar / 1076 / 16371 / 6.57%
WC / 12-Jan / 2068 / 18772 / 11.02%
12-Mar / 2298 / 18772 / 1.22%
Overall / 12-Jan / 3.72%
12-Mar / 7.56%

Sources: PERSAL January and March, 2012

Percentage of schools where all the allocated teaching posts were filled.

The Table below, reports on the Indicator 15.2 of the Action Plan.

Province / Total Schools / January 2012 / March 2012
# Schools with Vacancies / % Schools with vacancies / % of Schools without vacancies / # Schools with Vacancies / % Schools with vacancies / % of Schools without vacancies
EC / 5589 / 2174 / 38.9% / 61.1% / 3436 / 61.5% / 38.5%
FS / 1371 / 250 / 17.6% / 82.4% / 472 / 34.4% / 65.6%
GP / 2041 / 1108 / 55.0% / 45.0% / 2029 / 99.5% / 0.5%
KZN / 5957 / 1238 / 20.9% / 79.1% / 3136 / 52.6% / 47.4%
LP / 3931 / 176 / 4.4% / 95.6% / 1783 / 45.4% / 54.6%
MP / 1821 / 437 / 23.8% / 76.2% / 1546 / 84.9% / 15.1%
NC / 591 / 165 / 27.6% / 72.4% / 443 / 75.0% / 25.0%
NW / 1614 / 519 / 31.5% / 68.5% / 1071 / 66.4% / 33.6%
WC / 1451 / 1114 / 76.6% / 23.4% / 1171 / 80.7% / 19.3%
Total / 24366 / 7181 / 29.47% / 70.53% / 15087 / 61.92 / 38.08%

Source: Persal, January and March 2012

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTSANNEXURE B

Table 1 below shows the number and percentage of temporary educators per province in the first three months of the academic year. The general trend indicates an increase in the number of temporary educators between January and March. This is expected given that most PEDs finalise their post provisioning processes during this period including. It is expected that these numbers should return to the norm of below 10% in line with the guidelines that were issued in 2008. KwaZulu-Natal consistently shows the highest number of temporary appointments.

Table 1: Number and percentage of Temporary Educators per Province in January, February and March 2012

Province / Totals / January 2012 / February 2012 / March2012
Temp / % / Temp / % / Temp / %
EC / 65861 / 2029 / 3% / 2042 / 3% / 2647 / 4%
FS / 23203 / 1522 / 7% / 2221 / 10% / 2659 / 11%
GP / 57836 / 3871 / 7% / 5166 / 9% / 6317 / 11%
KZN / 88710 / 20090 / 23% / 21255 / 24% / 22280 / 25%
LP / 55672 / 2645 / 5% / 3156 / 6% / 3734 / 7%
MP / 33126 / 569 / 2% / 1089 / 3% / 1922 / 6%
NC / 8664 / 54 / 1% / 832 / 10% / 1139 / 13%
NW / 24965 / 370 / 1% / 457 / 2% / 1594 / 6%
WC / 32037 / 382 / 1% / 2462 / 8% / 2930 / 9%
Total / 390074 / 31532 / 8% / 38680 / 10% / 45222 / 12%

Sources: PERSAL and EMIS

Notes: The total number of educators is based on the EMIS 2011 data

Two of the main reasons why educators are appointed on temporary basis are that they are un-and-unqualified and are foreigners. Table 2 shows the number and percentage of qualified South African educators (thus eligible for permanent appointment) in relation to the total number of temporary educators. In the majority of the PEDs, excluding Gauteng, Limpopo and North West, qualified South African educators constitute a significant proportion of temporary appointments. There is a need therefore to look into the teacher deployment processes of the affected PEDs.

Table 2:Qualified Temporary Educators as a Percentage of the Total Temporary educators per Province in January, February and March 2012.

PED / January / February / March
Qualified SAs / Total
Temp / %
Qualified / Qualified SAs / Total
Temp / %
Qualified / Qualified SAs / Total
Temp / %
Qualified
EC / 1066 / 2029 / 53% / 1074 / 2042 / 53% / 1138 / 2647 / 43%
FS / 476 / 1522 / 31% / 584 / 2221 / 26% / 676 / 2659 / 25%
GP / 160 / 3871 / 4% / 236 / 5166 / 5% / 314 / 6317 / 5%
KZN / 12696 / 20090 / 63% / 13500 / 21255 / 64% / 14232 / 22280 / 64%
LP / 74 / 2645 / 3% / 70 / 3156 / 2% / 80 / 3734 / 2%
MP / 436 / 569 / 77% / 444 / 1089 / 41% / 516 / 1922 / 27%
NC / 24 / 54 / 44% / 404 / 832 / 49% / 544 / 1139 / 48%
NW / 68 / 370 / 18% / 72 / 457 / 16% / 80 / 1594 / 5%
WC / 126 / 382 / 33% / 776 / 2462 / 32% / 892 / 2930 / 30%
Total / 15126 / 31532 / 48% / 17160 / 38680 / 44% / 18472 / 45222 / 41%

Source: PERSAL

The guidelines on appointment of temporary educators stipulate that suitably qualified educators should not be appointed on a temporary capacity for two years and more. Table 3 shows the number of qualified educators that were on temporary appointments for more for two years and more. The numbers are low this being an indication that PEDs generally comply with guidelines and ensure that suitably qualified educators are appointed permanently.

Table 3: Number of Qualified South African Teachers Appointed on Temporary basis per Province for Two Years and more

Province / January 2012 / February 2012 / March 2012
EC / 715 / 718 / 717
FS / 162 / 164 / 161
GP / 434 / 383 / 332
KZN / 1424 / 1381 / 1292
LP / 22 / 19 / 17
MP / 35 / 51 / 105
NC / 26 / 25 / 25
NW / 133 / 127 / 123
WC / 1 / 1 / 1
Total / 2952 / 2869 / 2773

FUNZA LUSHAKA GRADUATES PLACEMENT ANNEXURE C

1.In terms of the latest self-reporting from PEDs, 1832 graduates from 2011 have been placed out of the 2315 that was available for placement as at 31 May 2012.This translates into a placement rate 79%. The Western Cape reported the lowest placement rate at 47% while the Free State and the North West had place all graduates allocated and available for placement.

Table 1: Placement of the 2011 Funza Lushaka graduates as at May 2012

Province / EC / FS / GP / KZN / LMP / MP / NC / NW / WC / Total
Number allocated / 254 / 244 / 510 / 604 / 172 / 181 / 81 / 123 / 487 / 2656
Less number unable to place because of the following: / 0 / 53 / 168 / 100 / 10 / 19 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 356
Incomplete studies / 32 / 67 / 44 / 7 / 10 / 4
Further studies / 8 / 1 / 1
Declined posts / 1 / 3
In SGB post / 4 / 8
In private school / 2
Moved to another province / 23 / 6
Untraceable / 69 / 47 / 3 / 9 / 1
Revised Total for Placement / 254 / 166 / 350 / 504 / 162 / 162 / 81 / 117 / 487 / 2283
Number Placed as at end May 2012 / 223 / 160 / 332 / 345 / 112 / 162 / 81 / 117 / 272 / 1804
Unplaced may 2012 / 31 / 6 / 18 / 159 / 50 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 215 / 480
Placement rate as at end May 2012 / 88% / 96% / 95% / 68% / 69% / 100% / 100% / 100% / 56% / 79%

Source: Reports from PEDs

Notes: This report is based on self-reporting from PEDs and not verified through PERSAL.

2.Tables 2 and 3 show the actual appointment on PERSAL as at the end of March 2012. Overall, the placement rate improved by 39% between March and May 2012. As at the end of March 2012, the Eastern Cape had not appointed any of the 2011 graduates while Gauteng had already reached 86%.

3.Also shown in Table 2 is the number of graduates from the previous years (earlier than 2011) who were appointed between January and March 2012. A total of 822 Funza Lushaka graduates who were not part of the 2011 cohort were appointed between January and March 2012 with the Western Cape, Gauteng and Northern Cape recording the highest numbers. This suggests that graduates who were not placed immediately after graduation continue to apply for teaching posts in public schools.

Table 2: Funza Lushaka graduates appointed as reflected on PERSAL from January-31 March 2012

Province / Total Allocated for 2012 / Placed as at end of March 2012 (Persal) / Percentage Placed / Graduates from previous years appointed in 2012 (Persal) / Total Appointed as at end March 2012
EC / 254 / 0 / 0% / 42 / 42
FS / 160 / 108 / 68% / 112 / 220
GP / 350 / 301 / 86% / 140 / 441
KZN / 513 / 44 / 9% / 62 / 106
LP / 172 / 25 / 15% / 28 / 53
MP / 181 / 73 / 40% / 34 / 107
NW / 117 / 63 / 54% / 34 / 91
NC / 81 / 57 / 70% / 110 / 173
WC / 487 / 256 / 53% / 260 / 516
Totals / 2315 / 927 / 40% / 822 / 1749

Source: PERSAL, March 2012

4.Table 3 shows all appointments (previous and 2011) by nature of appointment. Only 743 (42%) out of 1749 graduates were appointed on permanent basis.

898 (51%) are appointed in a temporary capacity, while the rest are appointed on even shorter terms with 1% employed on an abnormal nature of appointment (non-teaching capacity). This trend is a cause for concern given that it would be a challenge to track the retention of graduates that are not appointed permanently.

Table 3:Funza Lushaka graduates appointed as reflected on PERSAL from 01 January-31 March 2012 by Nature of Appointment.

Province / Abnormal / Contract / Relieve / Permanent / Temporary / Part-time / Total
EC / 1 / 0 / 41 / 42
FS / 6 / 107 / 107 / 220
GP / 1 / 18 / 242 / 180 / 441
KZN / 1 / 13 / 5 / 87 / 106
LP / 37 / 16 / 53
MP / 5 / 17 / 81 / 4 / 107
NW / 3 / 46 / 42 / 91
NC / 1 / 22 / 45 / 105 / 173
WC / 9 / 24 / 244 / 239 / 516
Total / 19 / 18 / 67 / 743 / 898 / 4 / 1749
Percentage / 1.1% / 1.0% / 3.8% / 42.5% / 51.3% / 0.2% / 100.0%

Source: PERSAL, March 2012

ANNEXURE D

QUALIFIED TEACHERS AGED 30 AND BELOW ENTERING THE PUBLIC SERVICE AS TEACHERS FOR THE FIRST TIME

The target for the first quarter of the academic year is 2000 qualified teachers aged 30 and below entering the public service for the first time.

As seen in the table below, this target has been exceeded by 1782.

Province / Total
(January-March 2012)
EASTERN CAPE / 120
FREE STATE / 497
GAUTENG / 729
KWAZULU/NATAL / 426
LIMPOPOPROVINCE / 232
MPUMALANGA / 280
NORTH WEST / 265
NORTHERN CAPE / 294
WESTERN CAPE / 939
Total / 3782