Recent figures on mathematics in schools show that poor South African pupils might face a bleak future because the country’s education system is still not treating them equally, according to Equal Education. Figures in a parliamentary response by basic
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South Africa’s real matric pass rate is less than 45%, AfriForum said on Monday. “If one were to compare the number of leaners who enrolled for grade one in 2003 to the number who passed matric in 2014, the actual pass rate
University engineering and commerce are among the many post-school study options closed to pupils from Ndwakazana Combined School in rural KwaZulu-Natal because they can only do maths literacy – not maths – in matric. The simple reason is that the pupils have no choice: their school does not offer maths. This is despite
Girls account for fewer than 10% of the participants in the International Mathematics Olympiad taking place in Cape Town next month, the organisers said on Tuesday. All six South African contestants in the event are boys, with five from affluent schools in the Western Cape and one from Durban’s Star College. Basic education minister
The ANC on Monday welcomed the 2013 matric pass rate announced by basic education minister Angie Motshekga, saying it was “particularly pleased” with the improvement in the subjects of mathematics and science. “These results
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga faces strong opposition if she installs fingerprint machines in schools, if the response from outraged teachers is anything to go by. Her critics include the two largest teacher unions, which this week questioned what impact such monitoring could possibly
The department of basic education plans to spend R480m on a biometric clocking-in system to ensure that teachers are at work, a newspaper report said on Wednesday. The system, which could be introduced at about 24 000 public schools, would ensure teachers arrived on time for work and spent the requisite