Master List of Schools 2012

South Africa, 2012

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Reference ID

zaf-dbe-mls-2012-v1

Producer(s)

Department of Basic Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Directorate

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Department of Basic Education

Metadata

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Identification

Survey ID Number

zaf-dbe-mls-2012-v1

Title

Master List of Schools 2012

Country

Name	Country code
South Africa	zaf

Study type

Education Data

Abstract

The Master List of Schools is a record of all schools in South Africa. The data forms part of the national Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) database used to inform education policymakers and managers in the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Provincial education departments, as well as to provide valuable information to external stakeholders. The list is maintained by provincial departments and regularly sent to DBE for updating. A key function of the master list is to uniquely identify each school in the country through a school identifier called the EMIS number. Additionally, the list contains data on school quintiles - categories (quintiles) based on the socioeconomic status of the community in which the school is situated. Analyses comparing schools' performance often use school quintiles as control measures for socioeconomic status, to take into account the effect of, for example, poor infrastructure, shortage of materials and deprived home backgrounds on school performance. There are also other basic data fields in the school master list that could provide the means to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about learner enrolment, teachers and learner-teacher ratio of schools. It is a useful dataset for education planners and researchers and is even widely used in the private sector by those who regularly deal with schools.

Kind of Data

Administrative records and survey data

Unit of Analysis

Individuals and institutions

Version

Version Description

v.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public use

Scope

Notes

School Data
National EMIS number, School name, address, registration date, exam number, status (open), sector (public, independent), type (ordinary school, special needs education), phase (pre-primary, primary, intermediate, secondary, combined, special needs education), specialisation, ownership of school land and building (public, independent, state), Section 21 school and fuction, Quintile, No fee school, Dinaledi school, Quids Up school, Boarding school

Geographic Data
Province, GIS latitude, longitude and source, Magisterial district, District municipality, Local municipality, Ward, Sub-Place, Educational region, district and circuit, Township/Village, Suburb, Town/City, Urban/Rural

Learner and Educator data
SNAP learners, Educator numbers, number of boarders

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary
Primary Education	World Bank
Secondary Education	World Bank

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The data has national coverage

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregration covered by the dataset is local municipality. The dataset includes GIS coordinates for school locations.

Universe

The survey covers all schools (ordinary and special needs) in South Africa, both public and independent.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Department of Basic Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Directorate	Government of South Africa

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2012	2012

Data Collection Mode

Other

Data Collection Notes

The Master List of Schools is compiled by the Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Directorate by combining information from the Annual SNAP Survey for Ordinary Schools and the Annual National Assessment (ANA) to form a complete database of all ordinary and special needs schools in South Africa. The data from the SNAP Survey and ANA is completed by all ordinary and special needs education schools maintained by provincial departments and regularly sent to DBE for updating. School principals are sent both digital (on a cd) and hard copy versions of the survey questionnaire and the educator forms. These are required to be completed on or as close to the survey date as possible. The principal returns the completed survey tools to the respective District or Regional DBE Office.

Questionnaires

Data from the SNAP survey and ANA that are used to compile the Master List of Schools is collected with a survey questionnaire and educator forms. The principle completes the survey questionnaire and each educator (both state paid and other) in each school completes an educator form. Schools record their EMIS number provided by the DBE on the questionnaire and form for identification.

Data Appraisal

The 2012 series includes data for quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

There is no date variable with the originial data - a date variable has been created by DataFirst.

Access policy

Access conditions

Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License

Citation requirements

South African Department of Basic Education. Master List of Schools 2012 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: DBE [producer], 2012. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/eq52-3g57

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	support@data1st.org	Link

Metadata production

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata producer

Date of Metadata Production

2024-06-23

DDI Document version

Version 1

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