Education is a prime ingredient in providing access to employment, economic prosperity, improved quality of life and personal upliftment.
Currently the Department of Education spends 11% of its budget on stationery and textbooks; an average R295 per child. In under resourced areas the average income barely covers basic needs and in schools we’ve interviewed, only 18% of school fees are paid.
Educators without blackboards, children without stationery, over-crowded classrooms are some of the problems in South African schools, which has a major impact on the standard of education.
Without support from donors, thousands of children will continue sharing textbooks and stationery, and improvements to education in South Africa will be hampered.
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Teachers may experience frustration regarding the conditions of their schools and the resources they have available to them
WCED Spokesperson, Molatoane Likethe
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64% of grade 3 pupils at affluent schools can perfrom at Grade 6 Literacy levels, only 0.9% of poor students are able to pass
University of Cape Town Schools Development Unit
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There is a clear relationship between poverty and performance
Western Cape Education MEC - Cameron Dugmore
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Only 40% of Grade 1’s make it to Grade 12
Education Minister - Kader Asmal - Report on Education Statistics
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63.3% of Grade 6 pupils failed both literacy & numeracy
UCT Schools Development Unit
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