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A few days after the province celebrated its record-breaking matric pass rate of 81.4%, the matric class of 2023 face a new obstacle. The province’s universities cannot accommodate the majority who have passed. They have already received more than half a million applications but can only accommodate 20,077 new students in 2024.

South Africa's matric pass rate for 2023 hit an all-time high at 82.9%, following a trend of significant jumps in election years.

His school’s pass rate soared from 20% to 87%, but principal Mncedi Mtengwana’s main goal is to produce good human beings.

Principal of Solomon Mahlangu High School Mncedi Mtengwana’s main goal is to produce good human beings, and the emphasis is paying off. Against all odds - with love, discipline and motivation - he has been inching his school forward since he took over the leadership 13 years ago.

It’s a classic case of not fixing what’s broken and breaking what works

Higher Education for Good is a new book which seeks to build a better future after years of turbulence and acute crises

Over and above the catastrophe of our children being unable to read for meaning, the imminent reality is that in the next decade, most of the jobs we are currently schooling our children for are going to be replaced by artificial intelligence. 

Good schools have the ‘bounceability’ factor expressed by teachers who are enthusiastic about their jobs

Folk devils and moral panics result in manufactured outrage, designed to scare users of public schooling and deter private-sector investment.

A police team has arrested the University of Fort Hare’s head of investigations and vetting services for murder and attempted murder.