ANNUAL EDUCATION STATISTICS PROFILE MANICALAND PROVINCE 2017 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Preamble ............................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Introduction to Zimbabwe Education System .............................................................................. 6 1.2 Primary Level ................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2.1 Infant Education ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.2.2 Junior Education ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.3 Secondary Level ............................................................................................................................ 6 1.3.1 Lower Secondary Education ...................................................................................................... 6 1.3.2 Upper Secondary Education...................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 2: Demand for Education .......................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Population Data ............................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Schools ................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.3 Classification of Schools ............................................................................................................. 10 2.3.1 Registration Status .................................................................................................................. 10 2.3.2 Location .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.3.3 Responsible Authorities .......................................................................................................... 12 2.3.4 Capitation Grant Type ............................................................................................................. 12 2.3.5 Government or Non-Government ........................................................................................... 13 Chapter 3: Access to Education ............................................................................................................ 14 3.1 New Entrants into Grade 1 ......................................................................................................... 14 3.2 New Entrants into Form 1 ........................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Primary Enrolment ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.4 Secondary School Enrolment ...................................................................................................... 22 Chapter 4: Access Rates ........................................................................................................................ 23 Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Participation Rates ............................................................................................ 24 5.1 ECD Participation Rates ............................................................................................................... 24 5.2 Primary School Participation Rates ............................................................................................. 24 5.3 Secondary School Participation Rates......................................................................................... 25 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Equity .................................................................................................................. 26 6.1 Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) .................................................................................. 26 6.2 Number of Learners by Impairments .......................................................................................... 28 Chapter 7: Teaching Staff ...................................................................................................................... 29 2 7.1 Primary School Teachers ................................................................................................................... 29 7.2 Secondary School Teachers .............................................................................................................. 30 7.3 Pupil/Teacher ratios .......................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 8: Learning outcomes .............................................................................................................. 31 8.1 Grade 7 results ............................................................................................................................ 31 8.2 O Level Results .................................................................................................................................. 32 8.3 A Level Results .................................................................................................................................. 34 Description of the Main Indicators Used in this Publication .................................................................. 36 S .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 3 Table 1:Distribution of Projected School Age Population by Sex 7 Table 2:School Age Population by Level and District 8 Table 3: Number of Schools by Level and Year 2010 - 2016 8 Table 4: Distribution of Schools by District and Level 9 Table 5: Number of Schools by Level, Registration Status and District 10 Table 6: Distribution of Schools by Level, Location and District 11 Table 7: Number of schools by responsible authorities by level 12 Table 8: Number of Schools by School Level, Capitation Grant and District 12 Table 9: Number of Government and Non-Government Schools by Level and District 13 Table 104 New Entrants into Grade 1 by Age and Sex 14 Table 11: New entrants into grade 1 by age and district 15 Table 12: New Entrants into Grade 1 by Age, Location and Sex 15 Table 13: New Entrants into Form 1 by Age and Sex 16 Table 14: New Entrants into form 1 by age and District 17 Table 15:New Entrants into form 1 by location 18 Table 168: ECD Enrolments by Capitation Grant Type and Sex 19 Table 17: Primary enrolment by location and sex 20 Table 18: Primary enrolment by district, level and sex 21 Table 19: Secondary Enrolment by year level and sex 22 Table 20: Secondary Enrolment by district level and sex 22 Table 21: Primary net and apparent intake rates 23 Table 22: ECD NER by district 24 Table 23: Primary NER and GER by district and sex 24 Table 24: Lower Secondary GER and NER by sex and district 25 Table 25: Upper Secondary NER and GER by district and sex 25 Table 26: Number of ECD OVCs by district and ovc type and sex 26 Table 27: No of Primary OVCs by type sex and district 27 Table 28: Number of Secondary OVCs by type sex and district 27 Table 29: Learners with disabilities by disability type and school level 28 Table 30: ECD teachers by training, sex and district 29 Table 31: Primary School Teachers by training sex and district 29 Table 32: Secondary School teachers by training sex and district 30 Table 33: Pupil learner ratios 30 4 Table 34: Grade 7 pass rates 31 Table 35: Grade 7 results bydistrict,year and sex 31 Table 36: Grade 7 examination results by district and sex 32 Table 37: O level examination results by district year and sex 33 Table 38: O level reslts by district and sex 34 Table 39: A level results by year and sex 34 Table 40: A level results by district year and sex 35 5 Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Preamble 1.1 Introduction to Zimbabwe Education System The Zimbabwe Education System is comprised of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary / Higher Education. Primary level is sub-divided into Infant Education (ECD A, ECD B, Grade 1 and 2) and Junior Education (Grade 3 to 7). Secondary level has Lower Secondary (Forms 1 to 4) and Upper Secondary (Forms 5 to 6). The Tertiary / Higher Education covers Teachers Colleges, Polytechnic, Technical / Vocational Colleges and Universities. 1.2 Primary Level The primary school system encompasses nine years of schooling which are divided into infant education and junior education. 1.2.1 Infant Education Infant education consists of 4 years of schooling from ECD A to Grade 2. At ECD level children are developed through play. Pre-formal skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening are expected to be mastered by ECD children. At Grade 1 and Grade 2 there is formal teaching of all the subjects in the school curriculum. 1.2.2 Junior Education Junior education consists of 5 years of schooling from Grade 3 to Grade 7. At the end of Grade 7 learners sit for national public examinations to mark the end of the primary cycle. There is a policy of automatic promotion to the next level, from Grade 1 to Form 4 (passing or failing does not prohibit