The fanfare and hype around the results risks obscuring the big picture.
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The way a parent or caregiver responds in this situation is extremely important.
South Africa’s Department of Basic Education is more concerned about the proportion of pupils that pass to make school leavers and their parents happy.
What’s taught in South African schools is at odds with the skills pupils need for the post-school world.
Disruptions to schooling at the lower grades should be remedied, otherwise there could be a serious impact on the quality of Matriculants a decade or more from now.
Performance in mathematics matters for university entrance. Without it, school leavers are not eligible for many programmes.
Many of the privileges that middle-class students enjoy are not obvious, even to themselves.
Some critics argue that the new certificate may encourage more pupils to drop out of school. But we argue that it is a positive move.
Universities have both a responsibility and a degree of potential influence on public schooling that set them apart and impose a special duty of leadership.
South African universities are failing to graduate the strongest students the schooling system has to offer.
The political cost of corruption is reaching unacceptable levels in South Africa. Reversing the effects of state decay on the poor will take short and long term interventions.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Education economist, Stellenbosch University
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SARChI: Human Capabilities, Social Cohesion and the Family, University of the Western Cape
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Professor and Dean of Education, Rhodes University
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Distinguished Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Head of Department: Emergency Medical Care & Rescue, Durban University of Technology
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NRF/FrF Professor of Mathematics, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer in Public Administration, Durban University of Technology
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Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University
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Professor and Vice- dean Teaching and Learning, Education Faculty, Stellenbosch University
