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There were 13 million pupils (pre-grade R to Grade 12) in ordinary public and independent schools in 2019, according to preliminary data from the department of basic education. This was an increase from 12.8 million in 2018. (Note: This number excludes early childhood development centres an...

In 2019, there were 23,076 ordinary public schools and 1,922 independent schools in South Africa, according to preliminary datafrom the department of basic education. The total was 24,998 – a decrease from 25,154 in 2018. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres an...

There were 444,857 teachers in ordinary public and independent schools in 2019, according to preliminary data from the department of basic education – an increase from 437,449 in 2018.(Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.)...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a v...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a v...

First launched in 2018, the HCI measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18. It conveys the productivity of the next generation of workers compared to a benchmark of complete education and full health. A child born in South Africa today will b...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index “measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a...

In 2019, there were 2.7 million children enrolled in pre-primary centres in Kenya, close to 10.1 million in primary schools and 3.3 million in secondary schools, for a total of 16.1 million, according to provisional official data. ...