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Master List of Early Childhood Development Centres 2012

South Africa, 2012
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zaf-dbe-mlecdc-2012-v1
Producer(s)
Department of Basic Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Directorate
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South African Department of Basic Education
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data appraisal
  • access_policy
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-dbe-mlecdc-2012-v1
    Title
    Master List of Early Childhood Development Centres 2012
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Education Data
    Abstract
    The Master List of Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDCs) 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 ECDC in the country through an identifier called the EMIS number. Additionally, the list contains data on quintile categories that are based on the socioeconomic status of the community in which the school is situated. Analyses comparing ECDCs' 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 ECDC performance. There are also other basic data fields in the 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 early learning development.
    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

    ECDC Data
    National EMIS number, ECDC name, address, registration date, exam number, status (open), sector (public, independent), type (early childhood development), phase (pre-primary), specialisation, ownership of school land and building (public, independent), Section 21 school and fuction, quintile, no fee 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
    ECDC learners, Educator numbers

    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 ECDC locations.
    Universe
    The survey covers all ECDCs 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 ECDCs is compiled by the Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Directorate to form a complete database of all early learning centeres in South Africa. The survey has to be completed by all centers, both public and independent. It involves, amongst other aspects, a complete count of learners and personnel, as well as details with regard to the learners, resources and school equipment. ECDC 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. ECDCs that do not have the infrastructure to capture the information electronically should submit the manually completed survey form.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal
    The 2012 series includes data for quarter 1, quarter 2, quarter 3 and quarter 4.

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

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    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 Early Childhood Development Centres 2012 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: DBE [producer], 2012. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/tv0m-1312

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2024-09-30

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 1
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