Alarming decrease in matric pass rates
2010-01-12As the country tut-tuts over the declining matric pass rates, analysts point to an alarming increase in the failure rate if the drop-out figures are taken into account. more
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A dear friend of mine wants to fulfill a lifelong dream and go and study music. On the surface of this idea there’s nothing wrong, but she is in her fifties. When she starts her classes there’s a good chance that most of her fellow students will be young enough to be her kids. I know that she’ll be the life of the class. She is a real quick learner and will be popular with her fellow students. The only challenge I foresee is when the class forms a band we’ll have to carefully guide her dress sense (hope she doesn’t read this newsletter), but for the rest she will waltz through her studies. I’m confident that fulfilling her musical studies and goals will give her a great sense of achievement.
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Alarming decrease in matric pass rates
As the country tut-tuts over the declining matric pass rates, analysts point to an alarming increase in the failure rate if the drop-out figures are taken into account.
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