117859 GDE APP 201920 6th proof 26 July

Data limitations

Delay in the submission of the summary list of absent learners by schools without internet connections. Inadequate record-keeping by schools. Incorrect data capturing

Type of indicator Calculation type Reporting cycle

Output

Non-cumulative

Quarterly

New indicator

No

Desired performance

A target of no more than 5% of learners should be absent on an average day. This is based on a study by JET Education Services in 2007. A tolerable level of variance below the target of 5% is 3 percentage points, noting that an absence rate of less than 2% would be too low to be plausible.

Indicator responsibility

Chief Director Regions Chief Directorate: School Management PPM106: Teachers absenteeism rate

Indicator title Short definition

Absence of a teacher, who should be at school teaching and whose absence from school has been recorded. To measure the extent of teacher’s absenteeism in schools in order to develop systems to reduce and monitor the phenomenon regularly. The aim is to count learner days lost due to educator absenteeism in the current financial year.

Purpose/importance

Policy linked to

Employment of Educators Act (EEA) Primary source: PERSAL as at 31 March

Source/collection of data Means of verification Method of calculation

PERSAL

Numerator: total number of working days lost due to teacher’s absenteeism Denominator: total number of possible working days in a quarter Multiply by 100 This is a provincial average rate. In some cases, there may be a delay in the submission of leave forms and the updating of PERSAL; it is understood that this calculation excludes such cases

Data limitations

Type of indicator Calculation type Reporting cycle

Efficiency

Non-cumulative

Annual

New indicator

No

Desired performance

High percentage of teachers to be teaching at schools during school hours. On or below target (with the tolerable level of variance being 3%) i.e. absenteeism to be less than anticipated Human Resource Management and Provisioning (provinces may insert the more relevant Responsibility Manager)

Indicator responsibility

Desired performance Indicator responsibility

All schools have functional and effective SGB structures.

Chief Directorate: Transversal HR Services

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