If there is one thing South Africans agree on, it’s that radically improving the education system is the key to faster growth, more jobs and greater prosperity; that without a sustained improvement in the quality of school passes, especially in key subjects such as maths and science, SA will be unable to fuel a modern, fast-growing economy.
On the other hand, performance declined in accounting, economics, geography and maths literacy. Still, the department concludes in its 2021 exam report that learning outcomes are improving and its interventions are working. At the 50% pass mark — the minimum required for further study in engineering, accountancy and commerce — the trend in maths has been static for the past decade, at about 55,000 pupils a year, according to the raw marks.
To put this in perspective, if we continue improving at this rate, by 2025 our grade 9s will match the competence of Thailand’s 2015 grade 8s; they will surpass Malaysia’s 2019 level by 2030. In other words, SA’s maths ability lags its middle-income peers by about 10 years.
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