Education Feature: True picture of SA's post-school qualification attainment

The National Development Plan (NDP) for 2030 identified improving education, training and innovation as one of our nation's top 14 priorities. Now a group of researchers at the University of Cape Town have come together to better understand SA's post-school qualification picture and to launch big hairy audacious goal by 2030 to help us achieve massive improvement. The project is housed in the Siyaphambili website. Dr Nicola Branson, senior research fellow in the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town tells Michael Avery that the proportion of working age South Africans with a post-school qualification has doubled since 1994, reaching 13.8 percent in 2020. While this is a remarkable feat, at the same time, the attainment rate is a stark reminder of just how few South Africans successfully reach, and complete, this education milestone
Branson explains how the Siyaphambili website is an attempt to ensure South Africa achieves the stretch goal 2030, to have 22% of young people in SA with a post school qualification.