An education expert believes a fundamental problem with South Africa’s education system is that not all students are equipped with the basics in primary school. This comes after the Spectator Index ranked South Africa’s youth unemployment rate as the highest in the world. Of the countries it ranked, the Spectator Index said the five countries..
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SA’s youth jobless rate world’s worst: Not all students equipped with basics in primary school, says analyst – what would one expect else with the poor foundation-phase education system of the ANC-regime
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Basic Education Department – No repeat year for pupils under 10
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Pupils under the age of 10 years could soon “cruise through” their foundation phase without repeating a grade, if the new “learner progression” plan being mooted by the Department of Basic Education goes ahead.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga recently said in Parliament that expert opinion suggested it was not beneficial for pupils in the lower grades, between the ages of 6 and 10, to repeat a grade.
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