Ents Alfred Nzo District Municipality strategic Agenda

^{Source: Statistics South Africa (2016 Community Survey) Table 3:7}
Education shapes how people experience the social, political and economic conditions in society. Consequently, education is central to how we respond to the quest for human development and flourishing. The basic purpose of education is to provide children, youth and adults with a socialising experience that enables self-knowledge and develops personal and social attributes to engage with, change and contribute meaningfully to society.
Highest level of education attained in Alfred Nzo
Table 3:8 shows the highest level of education attained by people in Alfred Nzo District Municipality. The 2016 community survey released by Stats SA reveals that Alfred Nzo had 146 947 people with no schooling of which 61 995 people were in Mbizana and 32 343 people in Matatiele Municipality.
Highest level of education attained

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^N^o^s^c^hoo^li^n^g ^Gr^ad^e^0 ^Gr^ad^e^1^/^Su^b^A^/^Cl^a^ss^1 ^Gr^ad^e^2^/^Su^b^B^/^C^l^a^ss^2 Grade 3/Standard 1/ABET 1 ^Gr^ad^e^4^/^S^t^anda^r^d^2 ^Gr^ad^e^5^/^S^t^anda^r^d^3^/^A^B^E^T^2 ^Gr^ad^e^6^/^S^t^anda^r^d^4 ^Gr^ad^e^7^/^S^t^anda^r^d^5^/^A^B^E^T^3 ^Gr^ad^e^8^/^S^t^anda^r^d^6^/^F^o^r^m^1 ^Gr^ad^e^9^/^S^t^anda^r^d^7^/^F^o^r^m^2^/^A^B^ET 4/Occupational certificate NQF Level 1 Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/Occupational certificate NQF Level 2 Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4/NCV Level 3/ ^O^cc^upa^t^i^ona^l^c^e^r^t^i^f^ic^a^te^N^QF^L^e^v^e^l^3 Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric/NCV Level ^4^/^O^c^c^upa^t^i^ona^l^c^e^r^t^i^f^i^c^a^te^N^QF^Lev^e^l^3 ^N^T^C^I^/^N^1 ^N^T^C^I^I^/N^2 ^N^T^C^I^I^I/^N^3 ^N^4^/^N^T^C^4^/^O^c^c^upa^t^i^ona^l^ce^r^t^i^f^i^c^a^te^N^QF ^N^5^/^N^T^C^5^/^O^c^c^upa^t^i^ona^l^ce^r^t^i^f^i^c^a^te^N^QF ^N^6^/^N^T^C^6^/^O^c^c^upa^t^i^ona^l^ce^r^t^i^f^i^c^a^te^N^QF ^C^e^r^t^i^f^i^c^a^te^w^i^th^l^e^ss^t^ha^n^Gr^ad^e^1^2/^S^td ^D^i^p^l^o^ma^wi^th^l^e^ss^t^ha^n^Gr^ad^e^12/^S^td 10 ^H^ig^he^r^/N^a^t^i^ona^l^/^Ad^v^an^c^e^d^C^e^r^t^i^f^i^c^a^te with Grade 12/Occupational certificate NQF Diploma with Grade 12/Std certificate NQF Level 6 ^H^ig^he^r^D^i^p^l^o^m^a^/^O^c^c^upa^t^i^ona^l Level 7 ^P^o^s^t^-H^i^g^he^r^D^i^p^l^o^ma^(^Ma^s^ter^s^) Bachelor’s degree/Occupational certificate NQF Level 7	^1^4^6^,^9^4^7 ^48^,^0^6^7 ^32^,^3^6^0 ^26^,^2^8^3 48,948 ^47^,^8^7^9 ^48^,^3^8^2 ^55^,^1^3^4 ^49^,^1^3^2 ^61^,^3^9^5	^32^,^3^4^3^26^,^8^5^2^61^,^9^9^5^25^,^7^5^8 ^11^,^8^5^7^9^,^4^7^4^20^,^0^3^1^6^,^7^0^6 ^7^,^9^3^5^7^,^0^6^5^12^,^1^2^9^5^,^2^3^1 ^5^,^5^9^0^5^,^9^2^4^10^,^5^7^1^4^,^1^9^7 11,536 10,673 18,602 8,137 ^11^,^2^6^4^10^,^9^3^1^18^,^4^2^8^7^,^2^5^6 ^11^,^8^0^1^10^,^0^2^6^19^,^3^8^8^7^,^1^6^7 ^15^,^0^5^1^12^,^2^1^7^19^,^2^5^9^8^,^6^0^7 ^12^,^5^2^0^12^,^4^2^8^16^,^7^7^0^7^,^4^1^4 ^15^,^5^1^5^16^,^7^9^8^20^,^2^5^9^8^,^8^2^3 19,047 17,010 24,861 10,162 17,400 18,024 22,282 8,705 17,208 17,146 23,797 8,808 20,638 18,003 22,942 8,683 ^5^9^6^3^1^0^9^19 ^8^0^9^8^1^7^4 - ^2^2^6^1^2^2^3^0^0^66 ^3^8^5^2^4^7^4^3^0^2^7^1 ^4^8^3^1^5^6^1^6^6^61 ^3^3^6^4^6^2^4^9^9^1^0^5 ^6^3^3^3^7^2^9 - ^4^1^2^9^2^1^4^9^33 742 678 456 140 1,864 1,726 1,901 601 421 503 891 320 ^5^4^9^5^5^0^6^4^2^3^4^5 1,137 1,012 1,420 488
	71,079 66,411 66,959 70,266 ^2^4^9 ^3^5^1 ^7^1^4 ^1^,^3^3^3 ^8^6^6 ^1^,^4^0^2 ^6^9^9 ^6^8^7 2,017 6,092 2,134 ^2^,^0^8^6 4,056

^H^onou^r^s^d^e^gr^ee^/^P^o^s^t^-^g^r^adua^te diploma/Occupational certificate NQF Level 8 Masters/Professional Masters at NQF Level 9 degree ^PHD^(^D^o^c^t^o^r^a^l^d^e^g^r^e^e^/^P^r^o^f^e^s^s^i^ona^l degree at NQF Level 10) Other ^Do^n^o^t^k^no^w Unspecified	1,925 183 263 ^9^8^8 ^1^,^9^7^3 603	547 499 666 213 56 75 51 - 117 51 95 - ^2^6^5^2^2^0^3^2^0^1^8^3 ^1^,^2^8^4^4^3^3^1^4^5^1^1^1 146 27 193 237
Grand Total	867,864	219,447 199,620 319,948 128,848

^{Source: Statistics South Africa (2016 Community Survey) Table 3:8}
In line with the millennium development goals, the government of Alfred Nzo District Municipality should take measures to eradicate education backlog, especially for the people with no schooling.
The Human Capital Theory


Education and
Training

Increased

Productivity

Higher earnings

A B

C
Education and training should be regarded as an investment and not just a mere consumption services because education and training provide more than immediate benefits such as subjective satisfaction and status but a long term monetary rewards through higher earnings and better life style.
According to the human capital theory, the monetary return on education and training is the net return which is derived at by taking into accounts both the costs and the benefits of education and training.
The reason for this illustration here is that when workers are productive the economy grows and when the economy grows more jobs will be available, and when people find jobs more tax revenue goes to the government while its expenditure on social welfare declines. Thus less budget is spent on fighting poverty and creating jobs through government programs such as the Accelerated Shared Growth and Initiative South Africa (ASGI-SA); the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE); Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) and Co-operations (Coops).
The promotion of these programs will then be on the individual to take active steps to be innovative and flexible to take up challenges.
Government will therefore concentrate more effort in investing in both economic and social infrastructure.