[TOP STORY] New school certificate to enable learners to leave after Grade 9

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‘I think that to have a certificate that says, I completed the period of compulsory education, I have a certificate that says I did so successfully, it then gives you something in your hand that you can take out into the range of possibilities that exist,’ says education expert, Professor Mary Metcalfe.

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