Exam results show how alleviating poverty feeds academic success
Education expert Mary Metcalfe analyses the matric results from a social justice point of view
22 January 2023 - 00:00
“The more you support the weak, the higher you fly.” This statement by the director-general of basic education, Mathanzima Mweli, in his technical report on the results of the national senior certificate class of 2022 is unequivocal...
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