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The report’s official handover was expected to take place later on Monday, after the Zondo commission said it would submit an electronic version to the president on Sunday evening. (Gallo)
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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.

  • Prega Govender
3 min read
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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.

  • Prega Govender
3 min read
South Africa needs a new kind of political activism to ensure that the defence of our democracy remains at the top of the sociopolitical agenda
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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.

  • Bongani Nkosi
3 min read
Matric pupils are due to start their exams next week but what chance do hundreds of thousands of them have of passing? A very poor one, Stellenbosch research Nic Spaull says. (Delwyn Verasamy, MG)
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Late intervention condemns pupils to ‘insurmountable’ challenges

Research reveals that poor language and maths education in SA is failing hundreds of thousands of pupils.

  • Victoria John
5 min read
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‘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.

  • Kamogelo Seekoei
3 min read