Cape Town – Less than half of the schools in Mpumalanga offer mathematics in Grades 10, 11 or 12, the Department of Basic Education has revealed. The figure was contained in a written reply to the ...

School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted ...

SA's quality of maths and science education failed to impress for the second year in a row, as the country was ranked last among 140 economies on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness ...

South Africa ranks among the lowest performing countries in terms of mathematics and science achievement scale scores. This is according to results contained in the 2015 Trends in International ...

As much as some pupils enjoy spelling bees and being involved in some extra-curriculum activities, some still get tickled by solving equations. More than 18 000 high school pupils across the country ...

Despite government’s insistence to the contrary, evidence suggests that South Africa does indeed lie near the bottom of the pile when it comes to global maths and science education levels. Government ...

SA’s Year 10 students have fallen further behind than teens anywhere else in Australia, according to an alarming new report. See the data that exposes how badly we trail other nations. The state’s ...