Education In brief South Africa

WEF report: SA bottom of the class in maths, science

When it comes to the quality of maths and science education, South Africa is bottom of the class, according to a World Economic Forum report. The comprehensive report ranks 148 economies across a number of categories. In some SA ranks reasonably well, but the quality of our educational system ranks 146 out of 148 - only Yemen and Libya bring worse - and in terms of the quality of our education in maths and science we are last... 148 out of 148. Read the full Global Information Technology report.

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