SECONDARY EDUCATION stats brief
[Pages:23]SECONDARY EDUCATION stats brief
2015
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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 2015 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 December 2018
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INTRODUCTION
The statistics in this report is based on data collected through the 2015 Secondary school annual census. The Annual Census of Schools is carried out by Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) unit in the Ministry of Basic Education under the Department of Educational Planning and Research Services hence the data analysis 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 2015. However, some data for previous years have been used for comparative analysis.
The statistics provided is mainly on school ownership, number of schools, enrolments, drop outs, re-entrants, teachers and their qualification. Indicators reported include; Enrolment rates, pupil/teacher ratio, Transition rates and dropout rates among others.
2.0 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 Ministry of Basic Education, while the private schools are entities 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 Ministry of Basic Education.
Table 2.1: Number of Secondary Schools by School Ownership (2005-2015)
Secondary School Ownership
Years
Government
% Share
Government Aided % Share
2005
230
82.7
4
1.4
2006
231
84.3
4
1.5
2007
231
87.2
4
1.5
2008
232
84.1
4
1.5
2009
232
84.1
4
1.5
2010
232
84.1
4
1.5
2011
234
84.2
4
1.4
2012
235
83
4
1.4
2013
235
82.5
4
1.4
2014
238
81.8
4
1.4
2015
237
80.9
4
1.4
Private 44 39 30 40 40 40 40 44 46 49 52
% Share 15.8 14.2 11.3 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.4 15.6 16.1 16.8 17.8
Total 278 274 265 276 276 276 278 283 285 291 293
Table 2.1 shows that there has been an increase of 5.1 percent on the number of secondary schools, from 278 in 2005 to 293 in 2015. Out of the 293 secondary schools, Government schools constituted 80.9 percent of all secondary schools in the country, while government aided and private schools constituted 1.4 and 17.8 percent respectively.
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Table 2.2: Number of Secondary Schools by School Ownership and Region -2015
Region
Public
%
Private
%
Total
%
South East
27
60.0
18
40.0
45
15.5
North East
21
72.4
8
27.6
29
9.6
Southern
34
81.0
8
19.0
42
14.1
Kweneng
26
83.9
5
16.1
31
11.0
Kgatleng
11
91.7
1
8.3
12
4.12
North West
15
71.4
6
28.6
21
7.2
Chobe
2
100
-
-
2
0.7
Gantsi
5
100
-
-
5
1.7
Kgalagadi
7
100
-
-
7
2.4
Central
93
93.9
6
6.1
99
33.7
Total
241
82.3
52
17.7
293
100
**Government schools include Government and Government aided schools
Table 2.2 shows that Central region had the highest percentage of Government secondary schools at 33.7 percent followed by Southern region with 14.1 percent. Chobe region had the lowest proportion of government secondary schools accounting for only 0.7 percent. On the other hand, South East region had the highest percentage of private schools (40.0%) followed by North West region with 28.6 percent, North East and Central region follow with 12.2 percent each. Chobe, Kgalagadi and Gantsi regions did not have private secondary schools.
3.0 SECONDARY EDUCATION ENROLMENT
Table 3.1: Secondary School Enrolment by School Ownership, Sex and Form- 2015
School ownership
FORM 1 FORM 2 FORM 3 FORM 4 FORM 5
Government
Male
20,999
20,506
20,378
9,853
10,403
Female
20,661
21,203
20,582
12,630
12,303
Total
41,660
41,709
40,960
22,483
22,706
Government Aided
Male
-
-
-
1,467
1,446
Female
-
-
-
1,926
1,854
Total
0
0
0
3393
3300
Private
Male
585
607
727
752
771
Female
627
608
734
780
857
Total
1,212
1,215
1,461
1,532
1,628
All Schools
Male
21,584
21,113
21,105
12,072
12,620
Female
21,288
21,811
21,316
15,336
15,014
Total
42,872
42,924
42,421
27,408
27,634
FORM 6 0 0
266 217 483 266 217 483
SPED 75 69
144 0 8 2
10 83 71 154
Total 82,214 87,448 169,662
2,913 3,780 6693 3,716 3,825 7,541 88,843 95,053 183,896
Table 3.1 shows that secondary school enrolment in 2015 was at 183,896, which shows an increase of 1.1% (181,826) compared to 2014 enrolment. Female students accounted for 51.7% compared to their male counterparts with 48.3%.
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Figure 1: Secondary School Enrolment by School Ownership-2015
180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000
80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000
0
Total Enroment by School Ownership-2015
169,662
Gov ernment
6,693 Gov ernment Aided
7,541 Private
Figure 1 shows that secondary school enrolment in government secondary schools was at 169,662 constituting 92.3 percent, while the enrolment for Government aided schools was at 6,693 being 3.6 percent and Private schools had 7,541 students constituting 4.1 percent of total enrolment.
Table 3.2: Secondary School Enrolment by Region, Sex and Form- 2015
MALES
REGION
FORM 1
FORM 2
FORM 3
FORM 4
FORM 5
South East
2,656
2,743
2,671
2,604
2,614
North East
1,911
1,795
1,901
1,160
1,201
South
2,695
2,694
2,534
1,461
1,759
Kweneng
2,752
2,698
2,685
814
861
Kgatleng
1,030
965
964
393
419
North West
1,849
1,747
1,760
706
830
Chobe
198
202
220
-
-
Gantsi
370
359
333
268
334
Kgalagadi
581
546
520
262
281
Central
7,542
7,364
7,517
4,404
4,321
Total
21,584
21,113
21,105
12,072
12,620
FORM 6 225 40 1 266
SPED 32 19 29 3 83
TOTAL 13,545
8,027 11,144
9,810 3,800 6,892
620 1,664 2,190 31,151 88,843
Table 3.3: Secondary School Enrolment by Region, Sex and Form- 2015
FEMALES
REGION
FORM 1
FORM 2
FORM 3
FORM 4
FORM 5
South East
2,784
2,769
2,914
3,193
3,123
North East
1,779
1,918
1,914
1,452
1,328
South
2,707
2,674
2,566
1,883
2,134
Kweneng
2,783
2,763
2,725
1,028
1,097
Kgatleng
927
912
929
478
480
North West
1,860
1,825
1,813
1,024
982
Chobe
212
224
211
-
-
Gantsi
416
366
392
388
345
Kgalagadi
562
543
485
406
376
Central
7,258
7,817
7,367
5,484
5,149
Total
21,288
21,811
21,316
15,336
15,014
FORM 6 176 39 2 217
SPED 21 19 30 1 71
TOTAL 14,980
8,449 11,966 10,396
3,756 7,504
647 1,908 2,372 33,075 95,053
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Table 3.4: Secondary School Enrolment by Region, Sex and Form- 2015
BOTH SEXES
REGION
FORM 1
FORM 2
FORM 3
FORM 4
FORM 5
South East
5,440
5,512
5,585
5,797
5,737
North East
3,690
3,713
3,815
2,612
2,529
South
5,402
5,368
5,100
3,344
3,893
Kweneng
5,535
5,461
5,410
1,842
1,958
Kgatleng
1,957
1,877
1,893
871
899
North West
3,709
3,572
3,573
1,730
1,812
Chobe
410
426
431
-
-
Gantsi
786
725
725
656
679
Kgalagadi
1,143
1,089
1,005
668
657
Central
14,800
15,181
14,884
9,888
9,470
Total
42,872
42,924
42,421
27,408
27,634
FORM 6 401 79 3 483
SPED 53 38 59 1 3
154
TOTAL 28,525 16,476 23,110 20,206
7,556 14,396
1,267 3,572 4,562 64,226 183,896
Table 3.4 shows that enrolment for the lower secondary was higher in Central region with the enrolments for the form 2 students, Chobe region recorded the lowest with 410 student who enrolled into form1. As for the higher secondary school enrolment Central region recorded the highest numbers for both form 4 and 5 followed by South East and the lowest enrollments were recorded in Chobe region.
ENROLMENT
Figure 2: Secondary Schools Enrolment by Region and Sex-2015
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5 ,000
0
SouthEast NorthEast
South
Kweneng
Kgatleng NorthWest
Chobe
Gantsi Kgalagadi
Central
REGION
Male Female
Figure 2 shows that generally the sex ratio at enrolment into Secondary schools is in favour of female students compared to their male counterparts in all the 10 regions.
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Table 3.5: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age, Form, Sex and School Ownership ? 2015
Government Schools
Age in years
FORM 1 Boys Girls
FORM 2 Boys Girls
FORM 3 Boys Girls
FORM 4 Boys Girls
FORM 5
FORM 6
Boys Girls Boys Girls
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TOTAL 20,999 20,661 20,506 21,203 20,378 20,582 9,853 12,630 10,403 12,303
-
-
**Excluding students in SPED Units - students in SPED units is not captured by age
TOTAL
Boys Girls
10
5
520
858
4750 6950
12408 15249
17189 18430
17646 18124
14726 14542
9545 9206
3836 2961
1040
678
311
263
105
70
50
38
3
5
-
-
82,139 87,379
TOTAL 15
1378 11700 27657 35619 35770 29268 18751
6797 1718
574 175
88 8 -
169,518
Table 3.6: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age, Form, Sex and School Ownership ? 2015
Government Aided
Age in years
FORM 1 Boys Girls
FORM 2 Boys Girls
FORM 3 Boys Girls
FORM 4 Boys Girls
FORM 5
FORM 6
Boys Girls Boys Girls
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TOTAL
-
-
-
-
-
- 1,467 1,926 1,446 1,854
-
-
**Excluding students in SPED Units - students in SPED units is not captured by age
TOTAL
Boys Girls
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
35
47
322
497
956 1330
832
996
460
541
186
222
73
78
40
59
7
10
-
-
-
-
2,911 3,780
TOTAL -
82 819 2286 1828 1001 408 151
99 17
6,691
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Table 3.7: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age, Form, Sex and School Ownership 2015
Private Schools
Age in years
FORM 1 Boys Girls
FORM 2 Boys Girls
FORM 3 Boys Girls
FORM 4 Boys Girls
FORM 5
FORM 6
Boys Girls Boys Girls
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TOTAL
585
627
607 608 727
734 752
780
771
857 266 217
TOTAL
Boys Girls
32
59
167
236
363
393
523
559
552
534
501
523
534
520
449
382
273
255
167
143
71
68
19
47
28
55
29
49
-
-
3,708 3,823
TOTAL 91
403 756 1082 1086 1024 1054 831 528 310 139
66 83 78
7,531
Table 3.8: Secondary School Enrolment by Single Age, Form, Sex and School Ownership 2015
All Schools
Age in years
FORM 1 Boys Girls
FORM 2 Boys Girls
FORM 3 Boys Girls
FORM 4 Boys Girls
FORM 5
FORM 6
Boys Girls Boys Girls
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TOTAL 21,584 21,288 21,113 21,811 21,105 21,316 12,072 15,336 12,620 15,014 266 217
TOTAL
Boys Girls
42
64
687 1094
5113 7343
12931 15808
17776 19011
18469 19144
16216 16392
10826 10584
4569 3757
1393 1043
455
409
164
176
85
103
34
54
-
-
88,760 94,982
TOTAL 106
1781 12456 28739 36787 37613 32608 21410
8326 2436
864 340 188
88 -
183,742
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