SA bottom of the class in world education rankings

31 July 2012

Denise Williams

SOUTH Africa is near the bottom of the class when it comes to its education system – coming in at only 133 out of 142 countries that took part in a World Economic Forum study.

DA MP Wilmot James said at a media briefing in parliament yesterday that the result of the 2011/12 study issued earlier this year highlighted why more than half of South Africans were unable to find work.

The education crisis, however, was not due to a lack of funding – South Africa had one of the highest rates of government investment in the world, with an allocated expenditure of R207-billion for the 2012/13 financial year...

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Report Abuse Author: royboy Date: 31 July 2012 11:46

Go figure,bottom of the class yet the biggest budget allocation,and when pretty angie is fingered,3 commissions are established and yet the dumb and dumber govt still need to estrablish another commision,wtf are you smoking? clean out the mess and sort it out.

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