The system is full of holes and in desperate need of an overhaul
” , Prof Nic Spaull correctly commends the department of basic education for participating in international benchmarking tests in mathematics, science and reading. He is right that this data is crucial for understanding how well our education system is performing.
CDE’s main claim that SA has “one of the worst-performing education systems in the world”, derives not from our ranking in international tests, but rather from an analysis of World Bank data that reveals that we are the single-biggest learning underperformer relative to GDP per capita among low- and middle-income countries.
This analysis reveals that Ecuador, Peru, Eswatini and Botswana all spend less than SA per student, yet they achieve higher outcomes. Kenya spends a seventh of SA’s basic education outlay yet achieves better learning outcomes.
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