20 September 2019
In 2010 Fezile Dabi was a very average rural education district in the Free State Province of South Africa with only 48% of its learners gaining a basic matric pass at its under-performing schools.
In January 2019 the National Minister of Basic Education announced that Fezile Dabi was the top performing education district in South Africa in the 2018 matric exams.
92% of learners at all the previously under-performing schools in Fezile Dabi obtained a basic matriculation pass. More importantly, 77% of the learners who sat the exam obtained university or technical university pass. THIS IS A BIG DEAL!!
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2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2018 |
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Percentage of learners gaining a basic matric pass |
48% |
61% |
77% |
90% |
92% |
A miracle!! How did Fezile Dabi become the top performing education district in the nation?
In 2011/12 principals of all the under-performing schools in Fezile Dabi attended the SA Education Districts Centre of Excellence Programme which is a BCF culture change programme designed to turn every school in an education district into a centre of excellence. It works!!
BCF does not claim it was the sole contributor to the impressive gains made in Fezile Dabi but that it:
- Provided the catalyst which kick-started the sustainable improvements at each school.
- Empowered each principal to establish a high-performance culture which enabled every school in the district to journey towards becoming a centre of excellence.