Twenty Years of Education Transformation in Gauteng 1994 to 2014: An Independent Review presents a collection of 15 important essays on different aspects of education in Gauteng since the advent of democracy in 1994. These essays talk to what a provincial education department does and how and why it does these things – whether it be about policy, resourcing or implementing projects. Each essay is written by one or more specialist in the relevant focus area.The book is written to be accessible to the general reader as well as being informative and an essential resource for the specialist reader. It sheds light on aspects of how a provincial department operates and why and with what consequences certain decisions have been made in education over the last 20 turbulent years, both nationally and provincially.There has been no attempt to fit the book’s chapters into a particular ideological or educational paradigm, and as a result the reader will find differing views on various aspects of the Gauteng Department of Education’s present and past. We leave the reader to decide to what extent the GDE has fulfilled its educational mandate over the last 20 years.
Arîcan Mînds îs a not-or-proit, open-access pubîsher. ïn îne wîth our goa o deveopîng and osterîng access, openness and debate în the pursuît o growîng and deepenîng the Arîcan knowedge base and an Arîca-based creatîve commons, thîs pubîcatîon orms part o our non-peer revîewed îst, the broad mîssîon o whîch îs to support the dîssemînatîon o knowedge rom and în Arîca reevant to addressîng the socîa chaenges that ace the Arîcan contînent.
Twenty Years o Educatîon Transormatîon în Gauteng 1994 to 2014: An Independent Revîew was, however, înternay peer-revîewed în a two-stage process.The irst revîew process was undertaken by the edîtors.The revîsed versîons o the chapters were then înternay revîewed by respectîve specîaîsts at the Gauteng Department o Educatîon necessîtatîng urther revîsîons whîch were competed beore ina acceptance by the edîtors and by the pubîsher.
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CONTENTS
îst o acronyms îst o tabes and igures About the authors Acknowedgements
Foreword
Chapter 1
ïntroductîon Martîn Prew and Feîx Marînge
POLICY AND PLANNING
Chapter 2
Gauteng Department o Educatîon: A poîcy revîew Shîreen Motaa, Seán Morrow and Yusu Sayed
IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORKS AND SYSTEMS
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Twenty years o currîcuum deveopment în Gauteng: Successes and chaenges Feîx Marînge
Structure and governance o systems, stakehoder engagement, roes and powers AD Padayachee, Anusha Naîdu and Tom Waspe
Fînancîng educatîon în Gauteng: Usîng the budget to împrove opportunîtîes Raj Mestry
Resourcîng pubîc ordînary schoos Gugu Nyanda
Human resource management systems Zakhee Mbokazî
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Teacher knowedge and proessîona deveopment Francîne de Cercq and Yae Shaem
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Proessîona deveopment:The cases o Scî-Bono Dîscovery Centre and the Matthew Gonîwe Schoo o eadershîp and Governance Tony Bush
Eary chîdhood educatîon: eveîng the payîng ieds în Gauteng Lorayne Exce
Workîng towards educatîon or a în Gauteng Eîzabeth Waton
Adut Educatîon and Traînîng în Gauteng 1994–2014: Dream, reaîty, possîbîîty Edward French and Barbara Dae-Jones
A case o uninîshed busîness:The transormatîon o Further Educatîon and Traînîng coeges în Gauteng Anthony Gewer and Makano Morojee
Change, access, quaîty and choîce:The îndependent schoo sector în Gauteng 1994–2014 Jane Homeyr
INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS, THEIR MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Educatîona outcomes în Gauteng 1995–2011: An overvîew o provîncîa perormance în standardîsed assessments Nîchoas Spau
The carrot and the stîck: Schoo împrovement through support and accountabîîty Veere Dîetîens and Brîan Mandîpaza
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LIST OF ACRON YMS
ABET ABïS ACE ACE AD(H)D AET AETASA AF AGM AN AMS ANA ANNSSF APC APP AROS ASCï ASECA AZAPO BMT C2005 CAPS CASPA CATE CCEAM
CCF CDE CEM CEPD CETC
Adut Basîc Educatîon and Traînîng Aîance o Back ïndependent Schoos Acceerated Chrîstîan Educatîon Advanced Certîi cate o Educatîon Attentîon Deicît (Hyperactîvîty) Dîsorder Adut Educatîon and Traînîng Adut Educatîon and Traînîng Assocîatîon o South Arîca Assessment or earnîng annua genera meetîng Adut earnîng Network Assocîatîon o Musîm Schoos Annua Natîona Assessment Amended Natîona Norms and Standards or Schoo Fundîng Acceerated Programme or îteracy, anguage and Communîcatîon Annua Perormance Pan Akademîe Reormatorîese Opeîdîng en Studîes Assocîatîon o Chrîstîan Schoos ïnternatîona A Secondary Educatîon Currîcuum or Aduts Azanîan Peope’s Organîsatîon Broad Management Team Currîcuum 2005 Currîcuum and Assessment Poîcy Statement Cathoîc Schoos Proprîetors Assocîatîon Councî or Adut Educatîon and Traînîng Commonweath Councî or Educatîon Admînîstratîon and Management Coeges Coaboratîon Fund Centre or Deveopment and Enterprîse Councî o Educatîon Mînîsters Centre or Educatîon Poîcy Deveopment Communîty Educatîon and Traînîng Centre
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CHE Councî on Hîgher Educatîon CïE Cathoîc ïnstîtute o Educatîon CïTE Centre or ïnternatîona Teacher Educatîon CODESA Conventîon or a Democratîc South Arîca COT Cuture o earnîng and Teachîng CPD contînuîng proessîona deveopment CPTD Contînuîng Proessîona Teacher Deveopment CREATE Consortîum or Research on Educatîona Access,Transîtîons and Equîty CST Cîrcuît Support Team DAS Deveopmenta Appraîsa System DBE Department o Basîc Educatîon DBST dîstrîct-based support team DEA dîstrîct enumerator area DHET Department o Hîgher Educatîon and Traînîng DMT Dîstrîct Management Team DOE Department o Educatîon DPSA Department o Pubîc Servîce and Admînîstratîon EAP Empoyee Assîstance Programme EAZ Educatîon Actîon Zone ECD Eary Chîdhood Deveopment ECDï Eary Chîdhood Deveopment ïnstîtute ECE Eary Chîdhood Educatîon EFA Educatîon or A EHW empoyee heath and weness ERC Educatîon abour Reatîons Councî EMASA Educatîon Management Assocîatîon o South Arîca EMGD Educatîon, Management and Governance Deveopment EMïS Educatîon Management ïnormatîon System EMT Executîve Management Team EPU Educatîon Poîcy Unît ESF Equîtabe Share Formua ESSP Educatîon Schoo Support Programme ESSP Extra Schoo Support Programme FBO aîth-based organîsatîon FDE Further Dîpoma în Educatîon FET Further Educatîon and Traînîng FTE u-tîme equîvaent FWSA Federatîon o Wador Schoos în Southern Arîca GCRA Gauteng Cîty Regîon Academy GDE Gauteng Department o Educatîon GENFETQA Genera and Further Educatîon and Traînîng Quaîty Assurance Act
Twenty years o currîcuum deveopment în Gauteng: Successes and chaenges Mutîpe meanîngs o ‘currîcuum’ Purposes and benchmarks or the currîcuum Achîevement în Grade 3 anguage or GPMS and non-GPMS schoos or dîferent test înstruments (%) Dîstrîbutîon o Grade 3 îteracy scores în Systemîc Evauatîon 2008, ANA 2011 and ANA 2012 (GPMS schoos) Dîstrîbutîon o Grade 3 îteracy scores în Systemîc Evauatîon 2008, ANA 2011 and ANA 2012 (non-GPMS schoos)
Structure and governance o systems, stakehoder engagement, roes and powers Organîsatîona components Genera macro structure o the GDE Detaîed structure o the GDE The organîsatîon as part o the educatîon system (rom Baantîne & Hammack 2012) GDE educatîon dîstrîct structure
Fînancîng educatîon în Gauteng: Usîng the budget to împrove opportunîtîes Number o earners Number o înstîtutîons Number o teachers (încudîng SGB and prîvatey paîd educators) Budget o compensatîon or empoyees Budget transers Budget o capîta expendîture Budget o goods and servîces Percentage expendîture on budget programmes Budget aocatîon or pubîc ordînary schoos Budget aocatîon or îndependent schoos Budget aocatîon or pubîc specîa educatîon schoos Budget aocatîon or FET