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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansGlobally, more than 258 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in school. In South Africa, the figure stands at 232,000 for children aged between 7 and 17. The main reasons they’re not attending school are related to the quality of education, financial constraints, disability and child or teenage pregnancy.
Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, has described Educor colleges as completely dysfunctional following numerous complaints from students and workers alike, both publicly and privately.
Correctional services minister Ronald Lamola has revealed that plans to make education compulsory in all prisons in the country in a bid to prevent released prisoners from re-offending are already underway.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced on Thursday evening that the matric class of 2023 achieved a pass rate of 82.9%, as Free State led the way with a pass rate of 89.03%.The national matric pass rate is up by 2.8% percentage points from the 80.1% pass rate in 2022.A total of 715 719 full time and 182 056 part time candid...
The committee has noted that employees who have failed to do their jobs have not faced consequences for this failure. The Auditor-General has also raised concerns regarding NSFAS’s over-reliance on consultants, which indicates that the workforce is not skilled enough to perform the work or there are serious capacity challenges within t...
South African higher education faces many complex challenges rooted in the legacy of apartheid.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has heaped praises on the matric class of 2023 for producing a stellar achievement and setting a new record in the history of the matric results.