libraries

1. Genevieve Hart University of the Western Cape [email_address]

2. How vital can they be? E Cape 2.9% F State 8.8% Gauteng 18.4% KZN 6.1% Limpopo 2.3% Mpumalanga 6.1% N Cape 2.3% N West 6.4% W Cape 25%

5. If “ vital ”, why no toyi toyi-ing for libraries? Do we really want school libraries?

9. School libraries 2008 Pass rates E Cape 2.9% 50% F State 8.8% 72% Gauteng 18.4% 76% KZN 6.1% 58% Limpopo 2.3% 54% Mpumalanga 6.1% 51% N Cape 2.3% 72% N West 6.4% 69% W Cape 25% 78%

10. School libraries 2008 Pass rates E Cape 2.9% 50% F State 8.8% 72% Gauteng 18.4% 76% KZN 6.1% 58% Limpopo 2.3% 54% Mpumalanga 6.1% 51% N Cape 2.3% 72% N West 6.4% 69% W Cape 25% 78%

11. “ Anecdotal evidence suggests that the high schools with the worst results are surrounded by primary schools that do not have the resources to teach effectively. It is important to stress that resources does not refer to money; it may refer to teacher competence, to an inadequate or absence of a library.”

12. “ The improvement of quality education requires an injection of new resources. Research evidence points to a clear correlation between learner achievement and the richness of learning and teaching materials and resources.”

13. Learners exempt from fees because of their poverty Eastern Cape 57.3% Limpopo 53.4% N Cape 48.1% KZN 44.1%

14. Quintile % pass Number of schools under 60% Quintile 1 (Poorest) 50 % 1,029 Quintile 2 53 % 590 Quintile 3 59 % 752 Quintile 4 67 % 290 Quintile 5 84 % 168 Total 62.5% 3,070

15. What exactly would be missed if it disappeared from this school?

19. Libraries now! Get fair! Get libraries! “ One school one library!” EQUAL EDUCATION!