Every year at this time, out of the woodwork pop bogus education “experts” who, despite the availability of free information and data, cast aspersions on South Africa’s schooling system in an attempt to grab headlines and enjoy airtime on radio and television.
They hop from one media outlet to another, regurgitating the same old stories of doom and gloom. What is baffling is the media’s keenness to give these “experts” airtime without probing their motives.
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
South Africa is on the verge of introducing a nationwide implementation of a novel school certification, the General Education Certificate (GEC), targeted at grade 9 students. Angie Motshekga, the Minister
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
