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.
Nearly a million pupils should have written matric in 2014, yet only about half got that far.
Senior academic at the University of Johannesburg Dr Andre van Zyl says universities enroll just over a quarter of youth who complete matric.
Research reveals that poor language and maths education in SA is failing hundreds of thousands of pupils.
Further research into the drop out rates of disabled children in South Africa is needed as these children and the youth are highly vulnerable.
