ESSD: Fact Sheet 1: Maths and Science Scaled Scores by Province

Fact Sheet 1

The South African National Study in maths and science showed that there is a difference in performance among provinces, with the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng being the three highest performers.

The three lowest performers were KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo.

The top provinces had almost twice the scores of the lowest performing province. The Northern Cape showed the highest improvement in scores in comparison with TIMSS 99. Other provinces that showed slight improvements were Mpumulanga and Limpopo.

International results TIMSS 2003

South African component of TIMSS 2003

• Opening Remarks / Dr Anil Kanjee  (also available in pdf format ... )
• Media Release
  
• Fact Sheet 1: Maths and Science Scaled Scores by Province (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 2: Analysis of Scores by Former Racially Based Departments (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 3: Comparing South African Performance TIMSS 1999 to TIMSS 2003 (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 4: Performance by Language of Test (also available in pdf format ... )