What kind of school is Marcus Mbetha Sindisa Secure Care Centre?
Marcus Mbetha Sindisa Secure Care Centre is a public special needs school in Upington, within the ZF Mgcawu (ZFM) education district of the Northern Cape. EMIS records it as a small school with 43 enrolled learners and 4 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 11:1.
Among 11 Special Needs schools in Northern Cape, it has more learners per educator than 90% of similar schools.
What You Should Know
Small school
This school has 43 enrolled learners.
What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Marcus Mbetha Sindisa Secure Care Centre?
How many learners there are per educator, compared to schools in the same quintile and phase. The educator count includes teachers, heads of department, and principals — so real class sizes are usually larger than this number suggests.
Fewer learners per educator than 10% of similar schools
(Special Needs schools in Northern Cape)
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Schools serving similar communities
Other public special needs schools in Northern Cape with no quintile on record.
Grouped by quintile, phase and province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Marcus Mbetha Sindisa Secure Care Centre. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.
Fewer learners per educator than 20% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 80% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 70% of similar schools
Frequently Asked Questions
School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 2025. Subject results: NSC School Subject Reports 2024 & 2025. Infrastructure: NEIMS/EFMS 2021 (historical). Peer comparisons are based on schools within the same quintile, phase, and province. The learner-educator ratio includes all staff classified as educators — actual class sizes may differ. Learn about our methodology
Some data fields may not be available for all schools. Missing data is shown as '—' or 'Not available'. Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.
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