Drop Out Rates
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Equity, distance learning: Key factors in successful graduation, or dropping out
A new report casts light on the tertiary drop-out rates in contact and distance learning — and after a decade of study, the results look worse.
School dropout numbers blamed on poor learning in early grades
Nearly a million pupils should have written matric in 2014, yet only about half got that far.
Of the 18% of matrics registered at universities, half drop out
Senior academic at the University of Johannesburg Dr Andre van Zyl says universities enroll just over a quarter of youth who complete matric.
Late intervention condemns pupils to ‘insurmountable’ challenges
Research reveals that poor language and maths education in SA is failing hundreds of thousands of pupils.
‘Disabled at risk of dropping out’
Further research into the drop out rates of disabled children in South Africa is needed as these children and the youth are highly vulnerable.