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Secondary Education Stats Brief 2017

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STATISTICS BOTSWANA

PREFACE

This publication gives preliminary highlights on Secondary Education statistics derived from data collected

from Secondary schools through the 2017 annual school census.

The statistics provided will assist in monitoring the existing education policies, inform planning and decision

making and serve as evidence on the country¡¯s progress towards meeting national and international

obligations on the provision of secondary education.

We sincerely thank all the school heads and regional education officers who provided the required data

for the production of this brief.

_____________________________

Dr. Burton Mguni

Statistician General

March 2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................................¡­¡­¡­..1

1.0 SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOOL OWNERSHIP

Table 1.1: Number of Secondary Schools by School Ownership¨C 2005-2017¡­¡­¡­.................................¡­¡­1

Table 1.2: Number of Secondary Schools by School Ownership and Region-2017¡­¡­................................2

2.0 SECONDARY EDUCATION ENROLMENT

Table 2.1: Secondary School Enrolment by School Ownership,Sex and Form-2017¡­¡­................................3

Table 2.2: Secondary School Enrolment by Region,Sex and Form-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................................¡­.3

Table 2.3: Secondary School Enrolment by Region,Sex and Form-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...................................3

Table 2.4: Secondary School Enrolment by Region,Sex and Form-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...................................4

Table 2.5: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age,Form and School

Ownership-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.............5

Table 2.6: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age,Form and School

Ownership-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...............¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..5

Table 2.7: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age,Form and School

Ownership(Cont)-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...............¡­¡­¡­6

Table 2.8: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age,Form and School

Ownership(Cont.)-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...............¡­¡­¡­¡­..6

3.0 SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT WITH DISABILITY

Table 3.1: Secondary School Enrolment with Special Education Needs by Form,

Region and Sex-2015¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.7

Table 3.2: Secondary School Enrolment with Special Education Needs by Type Of

Impairment,Form and Sex-2015¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­......¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................¡­¡­7

4.0 SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT TREND

Table 4.1 Secondary School Enrolment by Form and Sex (2007-2017)¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................................¡­¡­..8

5.0 SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION COVERAGE

Table 5.1:Secondary School Age Specific Enrolment Rates(ASER)-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­................................¡­¡­..8

Table 5.2: Enrolment Ratios for both Sexes by Age-group and Year 2012-2017¡­¡­¡­..................................9

6.0 SECONDARY SCHOOL DROP-OUTS, REPEATERS AND RE-ENTRANTS

Table 6.1: Secondary School Dropout by Form and Sex 2012-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...............................¡­¡­10

Table 6.2: Number of Secondary School Drop-outs by Region, Form and Sex ¨C 2017¡­..............................11

Table 6.3: Secondary School Dropout by Reason, Form and Sex ¨C 2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.................................¡­..12

Table 6.3: Secondary School Dropout by Reason, Form and Sex ¨C 2017(Cont)¡­¡­................................¡­.13

Table 6.4: Secondary School Repeaters by Form and Sex ¨C 2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.................................¡­..14

Table 6.5: Secondary School Re-entrants by Form and Sex ¨C 2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.................................¡­¡­14

7.0 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 2017

Table 7.1: Secondary School Teachers by Employment Status-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................................¡­¡­.14

Table 7.2: Secondary School Teachers by Region and Qualification-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­.................................¡­.15

Table 7.3: Number of Secondary School Teachers 2007-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................................¡­¡­..16

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Secondary School Enrolment by School Ownership-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.3

Figure 2: Secondary School Enrolment by Region-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­....¡­4

Figure 3: Transition Rates in Secondary Education 2006-2015¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.................................¡­¡­...9

Figure 4: Number Secondary School Drop outs by Level per Year(2005-2017)¡­¡­..................................¡­¡­13

Figure 5: Secondary School Teachers by Citizenship-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..................................¡­¡­15

Figure 6: Secondary School Teachers by Qualification-2017¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..................................¡­¡­16

LIST OF ACRONYMS¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­....................................¡­..17

Appendix 1: Education Indicators¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­....................................¡­..18

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INTRODUCTION

The statistics in this report is based on data collected through the 2017 Annual Census of Schools. The Annual

school Census is an exercise carried out by Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) unit in the

Ministry of Basic Education under the Department of Educational Planning and Research Services. Data

analysis and report writing is done by Education Statistics Unit (Statistics Botswana). The data is collected

annually from Government, Government Aided and privately owned secondary schools.

It should be noted that this publication mainly covers data for the school year 2017. However, some data

from previous years have been used for comparative analysis.

The statistics provided is mainly on the number of schools, school ownership, enrolments, drop outs, reentrants, teachers and their qualification. Indicators reported include; Enrolment rates, pupil/teacher ratio,

Transition rates and dropout rates among others.

1.0 SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOOL OWNERSHIP

Secondary school ownership in Botswana is mainly in three forms; government, government aided and

privately owned schools. Government secondary schools are solely managed by the Ministry of Basic

Education, while the private schools are owned by individuals or companies and government aided schools

are mission schools run by religious institutions (Roman Catholic Church and United Congregational Church

of Southern Africa (UCCSA)) in partnership with the Ministry of Basic Education.

Table 1.1: Number of Secondary Schools by School Ownership¨C 2005-2017

Secondary School Ownership

Years

Government

% Share

Government

Aided

% Share

Private

% Share

Total

2005

230

82.7

4

1.4

44

15.8

278

2006

231

84.3

4

1.5

39

14.2

274

2007

231

87.2

4

1.5

30

11.3

265

2008

232

84.1

4

1.5

40

14.5

276

2009

232

84.1

4

1.5

40

14.5

276

2010

232

84.1

4

1.5

40

14.5

276

2011

234

84.2

4

1.4

40

14.4

278

2012

235

83.0

4

1.4

44

15.6

283

2013

235

82.5

4

1.4

46

16.1

285

2014

238

81.8

4

1.4

49

16.8

291

2015

237**

80.9

4

1.4

52

17.8

293

2017

237**

81.7

4

1.4

49

16.9

290

**There was no data collected from one (1) secondary school

Table 1.1 shows that there has been an increase of 5.4 percent in the number of secondary schools,

from 278 in 2005 to 293 in 2015. However, a decrease of 5.8 percent was recorded on number of Privately

owned secondary schools between 2015 and 2017. Out of the 290 secondary schools that operated

in 2017, Government schools constituted 81.7 percent of all secondary schools in the country, while

government aided and private schools constituted 1.4 and 16.9 percent respectively.

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