Survey shows an increase in South Africans with formal qualifications

The 2010 General Household Survey recently released by Statistics South Africa shows some very interesting statistics:

• South Africans with a matric or Grade 12 education increased from 21.5% in 2002 to 26.2% in 2010.

• Persons with a tertiary qualification also increased from 9.2% in 2002 to 11.2% in 2010.

• Persons with no formal education decreased from 10.8% (2002) to 7% (2010).

• Functionally illiterate persons (highest level of education lower than Grade 7) decreased from 27.9% to 19.2%.

• Provinces with the highest percentages of persons without a formal education were: Limpopo (13.4%), Mpumalanga (11.3%), Northern Cape (10.9%) and North West (10.2%).

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