SA schools are performing dismally in maths and science, with many learners failing or not writing at all. This doesn't bode well for the country's much-needed coding skills, writes James Lees.
Matrics in more than 1 100 South African schools did not write science or mathematics in 2021. Of those matrics who did write the exams in 2021, only 23% scored above 50% for maths and 27% got 50% or more for science, according to the Department of Basic Education’s NSC exam report last year.
This is the rather worrying situation South Africa’s education sector finds itself in. And it flies right in the face of the government’s strategy to embrace the fourth industrial revolution by 2030.