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Chris van Wyk

Researcher

Chris van Wyk has extensive experience in the South African education sector having worked in schools and universities as a teacher, principal and lecturer as well as having spent over 10 years managing the Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape. He has a PhD in Education Policy from Stellenbosch University with a focus on the use of quantitative methods in analysing education datasets.

As an expert in Education Management Information Systems (EMIS), Chris was responsible for the development of the EMIS strategy for the National Department of Education in South Africa. He was involved in the Grade 3 Improvement Study for Literacy and Numeracy for the Western Cape Education department. He has analysed the data quality of education statistics in Kenya, Botswana and Malawi using Data Quality Assessment Framework of UNESCO. He was involved in a project for NSFAS to undertake a detailed cohort analysis of students who received their first loan/ bursary through NSFAS in the academic years 2000-2004. He also has a post-graduate diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation and an Honours degree in computer science.

February 2, 2023 in Chris van Wyk, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2022, Eldridge Moses, Focus Areas, Heleen Hofmeyr, Herman Meyer, Joel Gondwe, News and Opinion, Rebecca Selkirk, Servaas van der Berg, Uncategorized

Educational issues and the impact of COVID-19: what education data reveal

COVID-19 caused disruptions to schooling on an unprecedented scale. Emerging evidence indicate sthat these disruptions impacted schooling in South Africa in many ways, from shortened…
February 2, 2023 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Rebecca Selkirk, Herman Meyer, Heleen Hofmeyr, Eldridge Moses and Joel Gondwe PDF
January 2, 2023 in 2023, Authors, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2023, Reports, Research Outputs

The quality and importance of SA-SAMS data as unit-level data: a technical overview

Data quality – its accuracy, completeness, reliability, relevance and timeliness – is crucial for proper analysis, administration and policymaking. Data quality was therefore of great…
January 2, 2023 By: Chris van Wyk PDF
September 17, 2021 in Chris van Wyk, Education - Reports & Policy, Heleen Hofmeyr, News and Opinion, Policy Briefs, Rebecca Selkirk, Reports, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg, Uncategorized

Learner flows through schools: Using high quality administrative data to understand education system performance

The report analyses school flows, repetition, and dropout using a novel analysis of school-based assessments, and how well these predict future performance and learner flows.…
September 17, 2021 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Rebecca Selkirk, and Heleen Hofmeyr PDF
June 28, 2021 in 2021, Authors, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2021, Working Papers

Learner flow through patterns in the Western Cape using CEMIS datasets from 2007 to 2019: A longitudinal cohort analysis

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2021 Publication date: February 2021
June 28, 2021 By: Chris van Wyk PDF
November 17, 2020 in 2020, Authors, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2020, Rebecca Selkirk, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

Schools in the time of COVID-19: Possible implications for enrolment, repetition and dropout

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP20/2020 Publication date: November 2020
November 17, 2020 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, and Rebecca Selkirk, PDF
December 19, 2019 in 2019, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2019, Nicola Deghaye, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

The promise of SA-SAMS & DDD data for tracking progression, repetition and drop-out

This paper analyses the SA-SAMS school administration data that the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation in partnership with the Department of Basic Education collects quarterly…
December 19, 2019 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Rebecca Selkirk, Kate Rich, and Nicola Deghaye PDF
October 16, 2017 in 2013, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2013, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

The first five years project – a cohort study of students awarded NSFAS loans in the first five years 2000-2004

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2013 This study was commissioned by NSFAS to use available data to arrive at a picture that would reflect the…
October 16, 2017 By: Chris van Wyk, Servaas van der Berg, Pierre de Villiers PDF
October 16, 2017 in 2015, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2015, Research Outputs, Working Papers

An overview of education data in South Africa: an inventory approach

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP19.2015 Publication date: 2015 Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the various datasets pertaining to education in South Africa…
October 16, 2017 By: Chris van Wyk PDF
October 16, 2017 in 2017, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2017, Marlies Piek, Research Outputs, Ronelle Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

The performance of low fee independent schools in South Africa – What can available data tell?

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2017 Publication date: January 2017 Abstract: This study uses a unique dataset to investigate university access, throughput, and dropout for…
October 16, 2017 By: Chris van Wyk, Marlies Piek, Ronelle Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Janeli Kotzé, Kate Rich PDF
October 16, 2017 in Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2017, Policy Briefs, Research Outputs

Education datasets in South Africa

Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 04/2015 Abstract: The working paper on which this policy brief is based reviews education datasets available in South Africa, mostly from…
October 16, 2017 By: Chris van Wyk PDF
October 12, 2017 in 2017, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2017, Research Outputs, Working Papers

Learner flow through patterns in the Western Cape using CEMIS datasets from 2007 to 2014: A longitudinal cohort analysis

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2017 Publication date: January 2017 Abstract: The aim of the study was to track learners as a group or cohort…
October 12, 2017 By: Chris van Wyk, Anderson Gondwe, Pierre de Villiers PDF
October 4, 2013 in Chris van Wyk, Debra Shepherd, Education, Education - Reports & Policy, Education 2013, Policy Briefs, Servaas van der Berg

The impact of the introduction of grade r on learning outcomes

In December 2012 the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in the Presidency in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) commissioned an…
October 4, 2013 By: Chris van Wyk, Debra Shepherd, Servaas van der Berg, Elizabeth Girdwood, John Kruger, Janeli Viljoen, Olivia Ezeobi, Poppie Ntaka PDF
October 16, 2006 in Chris van Wyk, Research Outputs, Theses

The development of an education management information system from a sense making perspective and the application of quantitative methods to analyse education data sets.

  PhD Thesis  Candidate: Chris van Wyk Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Co-supervisor: Professor s. Berkhout Abstract: Information is a necessary resource, produced by information systems…
October 16, 2006 By: Chris van Wyk, Servaas van der Berg, Prof. S. Berkhout (co-supervisor) PDF