Why celebrate when a million kids don’t make it to matric every year?

It’s time we changed our definition of success when it comes to SA’s matric results

23 January 2022 - 00:00 By Lindiwe Mazibuko

 Did you know that the national matric class of 2021 represents only 54% of the children who entered grade 1 12 years ago? The 76.4% of candidates who sat the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations last year and passed constitute a fraction of that 54%, rather than of the entire cohort...

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