1. PROGRESS ON ADULT
LITERACY
KHA RI GUDE LITERACY
CAMPAIGN
1-2 August 2013

2. PURPOSE
To note the Progress Report
on the
Kha Ri Gude Campaign
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3. BACKGROUND
• Statistics South Africa 2001 Census indicated that there
were 9,6 million illiterate adults. Of these, 4,7 million
adults could not read and write i.e. have never been to
school.
• Another 4,9 million adults were to varying degrees
functionally illiterate. The latter category of illiterates
comprised adults who dropped out of school before grade
7 and the majority of whom have subsequently lapsed into
illiteracy.
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4. • Targets are set in respect of the 2001 and 2011 Census
outcomes:
Number of
Illiterate:
Census
2001
Reached
2008 -
2011
Number of
Illiterate:
Census
2011
Reached
2012
2013
Targets
2014
Targets
2015
Targets
Total at
end of
2015
Province
Eastern Cape 1 145 395 557 747 384 104 160 830 160 389 31 443 31 443 941 851
Free State 858 681 168 835 117 105 53 125 52 979 5 500 5 500 285 940
Gauteng 778 203 275 563 307 102 87 993 87 752 65 679 65 679 582 665
KwaZulu-Natal 515 747 472 685 633 050 148 165 153 659 165 613 165 613 1 105 735
Mpumalanga 468 747 204 151 504 396 58 539 58 378 193 739 193 739 708 547
Northern Cape 437 791 27 551 329 949 7 283 7 263 157 701 157 701 357 500
Limpopo 257 240 359 189 252 966 108 559 108 261 18 073 18 073 612 155
North West 167 618 130 071 78 100 39 833 33 824 2 222 2 222 208 171
Western Cape 91 305 47 974 104 648 14 334 14 295 38 010 38 010 152 622
National 4 720 727 2 243 766 2 711 420 678 661 676 800 677 980 677 980 4 955 186
BACKGROUND …

5. • Launched in February 2008 to enable 4,7 million Adults
above the age of 15 years to become literate and numerate in
one of the eleven official languages of South Africa.
• United Nation: Education For All (Dakar )- 2000 – to halve the
country’s illiteracy rates by 2015.
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on poverty
reduction, women’s empowerment, HIV and AIDS eradication,
environmental protection and sustainable democratisation
and peace building.
• The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign fulfils the
constitutional right of all citizens to gain access to basic
education in their own language (i.e. promote universal
access to education).
BACKGROUND ...
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6. • The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign has reached
2,9 illiterate adults since 2008.
• An average of 39 516 volunteers were contracted from
2008 to 2012.
• The Expanded Public Works Programme was introduced in
2011 to employ an additional 4 910 volunteers.
• During 2012, approximately 197 blind educators were
contracted to teach Braille literacy to 1 202 blind learners
and a further 193 deaf educators were trained and are
teaching approximately 1 050 deaf learners Sign Language
and reading and writing.
• The volunteers receive a monthly stipend.
PROGRESS
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7. • The completion rate of learners is on average 89% per annum
of which 8% are classified as having special needs.
• The Campaign provides basic literacy and numeracy in all 11
official languages and all languages have been adapted into
Braille for the blind.
• The Kha Ri Gude volunteers were also nominated during the
2012 South African National Teachers Awards for the first
time.
• The 2013 volunteers will be trained in Early Childhood
Development to provide the Kha Ri Gude learners with the
knowledge and skills to stimulate approximately 1 million
young children aged birth to four years towards realising their
full potential.
PROGRESS…
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8. • Unqualified volunteers have been registered as students for an
ABET Diploma at UNISA. 504 volunteers have received bursaries
from the ETDP SETA and of these 144 are blind and 82 deaf.
• The 2013 Campaign will supply the Monitors and Coordinators
with tablet computers to assist in submitting monthly
monitoring reports and class attendance registers electronically.
Blind and deaf Monitors, Coordinators and Supervisors will also
be supplied with special adapted iPads or tablet computers to
ease their disability.
• Vodacom Foundation South Africa has indicated a partnership
with the Kha Ri Gude Literacy Campaign to educate and train
both volunteers and adult learners at the Vodacom ICT Centres
located in some of the main hubs/districts in the country.
PROGRESS…
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9. KRG Structure
Monitors
(1:4)
Head
Office
Coordinators
Supervisors (1:20)
Educators (1:10)
Learners (1:18)
An average of 39 516 volunteers were contracted from 2008 to 2012.
The volunteers are appointed in terms of an operational formation to
ensure proper functionality:

10. Job Creation
• Job Creation / Poverty alleviation from 2008:
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Voluntary
Educators
Eastern Cape 9 953 9 295 9 131 10 253 10 140
Free State 2 420 3 315 2 918 3 502 3 436
Gauteng 5 207 4 933 4 682 5 461 5 705
KwaZulu Natal 6 113 8 703 8 271 9 472 9 294
Mpumalanga 2 854 3 650 3 092 3 499 3 484
Northern Cape 381 497 166 475 521
Limpopo 4 146 6 744 6 262 6 667 6 793
North West 2 998 2 091 1 749 2 316 2 229
Western Cape 1 230 755 787 984 1 005
Total 35 302 39 983 37 058 42 629 42 607

11. Job Creation …
• Youth and Gender 2012:
Youth Other Total Male Female
Voluntary Educators
Eastern Cape 6 752 3 388 10 140 1 213 8 927
Free State 2 520 916 3 436 517 2 919
Gauteng 3 134 2 571 5 705 861 4 844
KwaZulu Natal 7 075 2 219 9 294 1 286 8 008
Mpumalanga 2 022 1 462 3 484 409 3 075
Northern Cape 416 105 521 47 474
Limpopo 2 863 3 930 6 793 578 6 215
North West 1 417 812 2 229 308 1 921
Western Cape 741 264 1 005 158 847
Total 26 940 15 667 42 607 5 377 37 230
63% 37% 13% 87%

12. Job Creation …
The Campaign outsources most of its activities and services
and this translates into 577 jobs (412 Youth- 71%):
• Management Service (103 Youth- 94%):
– 46 employees are on operations.
– 63 employees are data capturers.
• Logistics and Distribution Company (309 Youth- 66%):
– 45 fulltime employees.
– 150 temporary workers.
– 177 drivers who supply materials to centralised hubs nationally.
– 48 drivers with 48 assistants who collect reports from learning
sites monthly.

13. KRG Learners
• Learner numbers from 2008:
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Learners per Prov.
Eastern Cape 116 090 142 671 149 214 149 772 160 830
Free State 17 644 50 984 48 879 51 328 53 125
Gauteng 40 326 75 678 79 575 79 984 87 993
KwaZulu Natal 67 435 133 486 125 122 146 642 148 165
Mpumalanga 31 534 55 971 56 242 60 404 58 539
Northern Cape 2 990 7 654 7 785 9 122 7 283
Limpopo 44 853 103 828 94 453 116 055 108 558
North West 30 561 32 198 32 181 35 131 39 834
Western Cape 5 762 11 173 14 661 12 486 14 334
Unknown 2 805 - 1 087 - -
Total 360 000 613 643 609 199 660 924 678 661
Total 2 922 427

14. • Learner targets for 2013 to 2015:
2013
Campaign
(Targets)
2014
Campaign
(Targets)
2015
Campaign
(Targets)
Voluntary Educators
Eastern Cape 160 389 31 443 31 443
Free State 52 979 5 500 5 500
Gauteng 87 752 65 679 65 679
KwaZulu Natal 153 659 165 613 165 613
Mpumalanga 58 378 193 739 193 739
Northern Cape 7 263 157 701 157 701
Limpopo 108 261 18 073 18 073
North West 33 824 2 222 2 222
Western Cape 14 295 38 010 38 010
Total 676 800 677 980 677 980
KRG Learners ...

15. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE REVISITED
• The National Census of October 2011 indicates
that South Africa is now at an 8.62% illiteracy rate
compared to the 17.9% illiteracy rate of 2001.
This will ensure the fulfillment of the
commitment made at Dakar in 2000 of reducing
illiteracy by 50% by 2015.
• The provincial targets will have to be adjusted for
2014 an 2015.
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16. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE REVISITED..
The activities of the 2014 and 2015 Campaign will increase
in the Northern Cape by 1 377%, in Mpumalanga by 154%
and in the Western Cape by 110% to meet the 4,7 million
target set for 2015 and in line with the 2011 census.
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-54%
-60%
-17%
+9%
+154%
+1377%
-56%
-68%
+110%
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
Campaign 2012
Campaign 2013
Campaign 2014
Campaign 2015

17. PROFILING THE CAMPAIGN
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• A public awareness strategy will be initiated to
communicate the Campaigns achievements since
2008 via:
 Community Radio.
 News papers.
 Pamphlets.
 Advocacy via the VE Structures.
 Television (Educational Programmes).

18. THANK
YOU
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