Category: Education
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Despite progress, problems remain: 287 schools in SA have pit toilets, three out of four do not have libraries
Despite the progress that has been made to improve South Africa’s public schools in the past decade, significant challenges remain, according to a new report released by the department of basic education. The department monitors infrastructural shortages or backlogs at schools through the Education Facility Management System. Its latest report, released in July 2024, shows…
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School trip: Walking is the only option for two-thirds of SA’s learners
There are about 15.4-million school-going children in South Africa and almost two-thirds of them have to walk to school every day, according Statistics SA’s 2023 General Household Survey. Walking to school is not necessarily a bad thing but for many learners there are few alternatives. There is little in the way of school buses available to learners and public transport is equally limited…
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Democracy in South Africa: 30 years in 8 charts
As South Africa marks 30 years of democracy, the legacy of the African National Congress is under scrutiny. On one hand, nearly half the population receives some form of grant funding, but unemployment rates are alarmingly high and business confidence has waned significantly. These economic challenges cast a dark shadow over the milestone that is 3 decades…
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83% matric pass rate, but is SA making the grade?
The class of 2023 recorded the highest matric pass rate since at least 2009. But fewer learners are finishing school and only a third wrote maths.
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Matric exam data can help uncover the state of education
Outlier Insights is a new project that makes it easy to view and interrogate datasets – such as 13 years of South African matric results.
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Census 2022: Education in South Africa in 4 charts
No early start for 40% of the country’s young children.
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No-fee schools are at a real disadvantage when it comes to maths
This year’s matric results show that half of the the grade 12s in no-fee schools failed maths