Education
What is the detailed breakdown of (a) the number of incidents reported to Safe Schools in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023 to date, (b) teacher absenteeism in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023 to date to date and (c) teacher turnover or teachers leaving schools in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023 to date?
My department has informed me of the following:
(a) Safe Schools statistics
January – December 2021 | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
Total | 94 | 167 | 355 | 222 | 339 | 357 | 125 | 362 | 404 | 278 | 348 | 102 | 3 153 |
January – December 2022 | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
Total | 142 | 440 | 452 | 390 | 523 | 310 | 204 | 691 | 574 | 430 | 604 | 74 | 4 834 |
January - September 2023 | |||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
Total | 212 | 486 | 438 | 227 | 463 | 310 | 214 | 606 | 2 956 |
(b) Teacher absenteeism:
2020/2021 | 4% of total educator workforce in ordinary Public Schools |
2021/2022 | 4% of the total educator workforce in ordinary Public Schools |
2022/2023 | 3% of the total educator workforce in ordinary Public Schools |
(c) Teacher Turnover:
2020/2021 | 5.71% staff turnover |
2021/2022 | 3.92% staff turnover |
2022/2023 | 5.61% staff turnover |
Note: this figure includes some teachers moving to other schools, or promotion posts.
