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.
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Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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NRF Accredited & Senior Researcher; Lead Coordinator of the South-South Educational Collaboration & Knowlede Interchange Initiative, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor Emeritus of Education, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education; Post Doctoral Fellow, Manna Institute, University of New England
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Professor in Mathematics and Director: Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Centre, Nelson Mandela University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Public Administration, Durban University of Technology
