Happy Women’s Day! Like many of the incredible women we’ve come to know through DDD, we are staying one step ahead of the game by sending out this newsletter a day early, to ensure you can read it on your day off. To make it especially worthwhile, this edition includes heartfelt quotes from some of our female DDD users, as well as thought-provoking statistics on women in South African education. Exciting news this week is that one of the country’s leading thinkers on the topic of driving innovation and digital transformation through culture – Nicky Verd – will be appearing at this year’s DBE Data Summit, being livestreamed on 18-19 September! She is a show-stopping voice of inspiration, and not to be missed! If you haven’t done so already, diarise 18-19 September in your calendar and keep an eye on future editions of this newsletter for the livestreaming link.
	To all in Pixley ka Seme District, happy Women’s Day!   Best wishes to the education teams in Johannesburg South!   Happy Women's Day to all in Buffalo City Metropolitan!
	If you’re a principal or circuit manager, you’ll want to know how to use the new Attrition Report on the dashboard. Click on the laptop screen to the right for a 60-second video explanation. For more videos on dashboard features, visit the media section of the DDD Learning Hub.
	BE A WEBINAR WIZARD Learn the magic of term-to-date (weekly) submissions   DATA SUMMIT 18-19 SEPT Submit your DDD success story and be a winner   DATA IN ACTION Limpopo management team leads by example Join the DDD team next week to learn about the benefits of term-to-date (weekly) submissions; how to check and update to the latest Valistractor; how to check and update SA-SAMS patches; and how to use the Term to Date tab on the dashboard. Book a seat using the links below, or via the events section of the Learning Hub.   By telling others how you use data to improve learner outcomes, you play a vital role in encouraging them to achieve the same. At this year’s DBE Data Summit we’ll recognise officials who do the best job of sharing their DDD success stories, and/or leading data conversations in their districts. For more details, click below.   Data is the heartbeat of education improvement in Limpopo, where the PED management team met recently to review all 10 districts' performance using DDD Dashboard insights. Seen above are Acting DDG for Institutional Management and Governance, Mr Mhlongo, DDD's Khodani Makatu, Limpopo MEC Ms Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya, and DDD's Rinae Sikhwari.
	From Florence Nightingale (who revolutionised record keeping and patient data in the 1800s) to Katherine Johnson (the NASA mathematician who calculated the flight path for the moon landing in 1969), history is filled with women who have used data and data science to change our world. As we celebrate Women’s Day on 9 August, we salute the women and learners who are doing the same for education in South Africa. The following statistics give a sense of the scale of women’s participation in local education, and how achievements have changed in recent years.
	5,44 million   71%   85,5%   13,1% …of the learners represented on the DDD Dashboard are girls (49%). This number jumps to 56% in Grade 12.   …of South Africa's publicly paid educators are women, according to a 2021 research report. Stellenbosch University   … of female children between 14-17 years attend secondary school, vs 80% of male children. www.statista.com, 2018   … of females earned tertiary qualifications in 2022 (vs 12,3% of males) – almost doubling since 1996. www.statssa.gov.za
	DDD PROGRESS
	Since the start of the year the DDD team have implemented various changes to the dashboard and how it works, to help improve overall performance. We are pleased to say that these changes are working as expected. We have also put a monitoring system in place to keep a daily eye on dashboard performance. Recent updates and features to look forward to, include the following:
	ATTRITION REPORT IS LIVE A must-see for principals and circuit managers   WHERE TO FIND TRENDS Insights over time grouped on DDD Trends page   WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT Role-specific views by end September After Monday 20 May, the dashboard’s Detail page will look noticeably different, with key entity metrics at the top of the page and everything else grouped together in a series of quick-to-click buttons. This means 95% less scrolling and faster access to the specific info you are looking for. Click below to see what’s changed and how.   Can’t find the table you’re looking for on DDD? Check the Trends page, where insights over time are being grouped to give you a collated view of term-to-term changes. This includes the Report Marks Level Distribution table (previously in the School Achievement Report), which is now on the Trends page in the Achievement section.   Within the next two months officials can expect to see a new landing/home page on the dashboard, that contains quick links to role-specific views for curriculum officials, principals and management. We’ll also be introducing a new school-level Subject Task Marks Report. Watch this space for updates!

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