Posts Tagged ‘NSC’

School Dropout: Advocacy to Action

Twenty-twenty-four happened to be a momentous year for both the Zero Dropout Campaign and democratic South Africa. As the former marks its fifth anniversary, the latter is also marking its thirtieth with what’s been deemed as the most highly contested election in its history.   The year also happened to be the year in which the […]

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.