The DBE’s new GEC could be a dropout game changer, or exacerbator

Recently, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) published its Annual Performance Plan for the next financial year. Of particular interest to the Zero Dropout Campaign in the plan is the implementation and progress of the new General Education Certificate (GEC) pilot. According to the DBE’s plan, “The GEC recognises formal learning that has occurred by […]

Tags: dropout, GEC, DBE, General Education Certificate, NEET, national senior certificate
Posted on 17 April 2024 under Press releases.

Experts question new education certificate’s impact on academic standards

There has been debate whether the General Education Certificate (GEC) will, despite its intentions, inadvertently formalise the dropout phenomenon in South Africa, which is still at crisis level.

Tags: GEC, DBE, General Education Certificate, Department of Basic Education, matric, The Citizen, zdc, NEET, national senior certificate, NSC, dropout
Posted on 10 April 2024 under Zero Dropout in the News.