Analysis of the Education drop out rate
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“Weak learning” during the early years of schooling has been used as the reason for the shocking dropout statistics of pupils before they reach matric. According to the latest statistics, in a report compiled by the department of basic education, there were only 571 819 matrics in 2014 compared to more than one million youngsters in the same age group. Guest: Servaas Van Der Berg Position: Research on socioeconomic policy unit at Stellenbosch University