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Cape Argus reports that, while the number of pupils in South Africa grew by more than 2% since 2014, the number of teachers decreased by 1.5%, a new report reveals.
The School Realities 2016 report, published by the Department of Basic Education, also showed the number of schools in the country decreased by 0.6% over the same period. According to the report, there were 12.6 million pupils in the system in 2014. This increased to 12.9 million this year. The number of teachers decreased from 425,090 in 2014 to 418,611 this year, while the number of schools decreased from 25,741 to 25,574.
- Read this report by Ilse Fredericks in full at Cape Argus
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