The results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study (PIRLS) were released today, which confirmed that learning losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are severe across South Africa. South Africa’s average PIRLS score dropped from 320 in 2016, to 288 in 2021, a drop of 32 points on the scale
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While the improved 2023 matric pass rate is cause for celebration, consider the almost 500 000 children who started grade one in the same year but dropped out of school along
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Kunyashe, a first-grade student residing in Cape Town, South Africa, is deeply dedicated to her studies. Despite the challenging living conditions in a cramped one-room shack, barely larger than a
