Saturday, August 13, 2011

Economic hardship keeps children out of school

By Khanyisa Tabata
13 August 2011

Stats SA report has revealed that the percentage of South African children in school dropped for a third straight year in 2010.

According to the report, the economic crisis is making school fees an unaffordable luxury for some families.

Some 14-million children and young adults attended school or university last year.

This is just under 73-percent of South Africans aged seven to 24 In 2007, before the onset of the global economic crisis, just over 75-percent of that age group was enrolled in an educational institution.

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