TOM EATON | So what if half a million kids are dumped? It’s just numbers, like the pass mark
The education minister would have us believe the matric pass mark is higher than 30%. Who am I to question her?
12 January 2022 - 19:53
It was genuinely delightful being on social media on Wednesday as South African parents posted pictures of their little ones heading off to Grade 1 like a herd of baby goats running off into a field of flowers...
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