WATCH: What causes South Africa’s high dropout rate?

What kind of issues lead to children dropping out of school and why are so many of our learners dropping out? Rahima Essop, Head of Communications and Advocacy at the Zero Dropout Campaign, speaks to Stephen Grootes from Newzroom Afrika about the factors contributing to school dropout. Essop explains that understanding the drivers of dropout is important so that we can roll out effective dropout prevention methods.