There are over 26 000 schools in South Africa with 12 Million learners in the 11 Provinces in South Africa Schooling in South Africa is compulsary It is an institution designed to provide learning spaces and environments for the teaching of pupils by teachers 95 percent of schools in South Africa are runned by the Department of Education 5 percent of these schools are independently or privately owned The Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal and Limpopo have the highest number of learners by Province Foundation Phase has the highest number of learners 33 followed by Senior Phase which has 23 A class has 40 puplis on average in Government schools and 30 pupils in privately owned schools Government schools are subsidised by the De