TOM EATON | The class of 2024 has its work cut out, but spare a thought for the education minister
South Africa is changing, and our education system needs to keep up
21 October 2024 - 21:27
As the class of 2024 sits down to write its final exams, it seems an appropriately bookish moment to remember the true meaning of “matriculation”, a word that comes to us from the late Latin “matriculare”, or “South African journalists not understanding the difference between percentages ad percentage points”...
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