EDITORIAL | Getting kids back in classrooms is not negotiable
Statistics reveal an inordinately high number of pupils have not returned to school this year
28 February 2022 - 19:06
If we measure South African schooling by Nelson Mandela’s words that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, we must surely be shooting blanks. This is a reasonable conclusion after two recent outcomes that paint a big F on the report card of our country’s education system. ..
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