1. 2 million (11.1 %) of the 11 062 399 pupils that were in the South African school system last year had to repeat their school year. This is the findings of an analysis done by Dr Jean Van Rooyen, researcher at the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria.
In 2010, 251 669 (24.7 %) of grade 10 learners and 201 918 (22.9 %) of grade 11 learners repectively, repeated these grades. In 2011 the numbers were 242 279 (22.1%) and 185 414 (21.9%) respectively.
Alet Rademeyer in Beeld list repeaters across all grades in 2011 as follows:
| Grade | Number of learners |
| Grade 1 | 155 394 |
| Grade 2 | 86 346 |
| Grade 3 | 72 134 |
| Grade 4 | 80 240 |
| Grade 5 | 59 572 |
| Grade 6 | 49 682 |
| Grade 7 | 37 759 |
| Grade 8 | 73 871 |
| Grade 9 | 148 390 |
| Grade 10 | 242 279 |
| Grade 11 | 185 414 |
| Grade 12 | 40 002 |
To read more go to Alet Rademeyer’s article in the Afrikaans newspaper Beeld by Clicking Here!
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