“Most primary school pupils in South Africa are failing tests for basic language and mathematics skills. ‘Poor national averages for language and mathematics in grades three and six show that most learners do not acquire the skills and understanding that give substance to the right to education’, said the Children’s Institute (Cape Town) in a statement.”
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Click here for the Children’s Institute’s Report: SA Child Gauge 2008/2009
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