South Africa’s ranking as worst in the world for its maths and science education is “a state of emergency”, the opposition has said. The Democratic Alliance called for a full skills audit of all maths, science and technology teachers.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) report on information technology assessed the economies of 148 countries.
But the government has rejected it, saying the findings were based on perceptions and not hard data.
The World Economic Forum’s The Global Information Technology Report assesses how ready countries are to exploit the opportunities offered by information and communications technology and how they can use it to improve conditions.
For the overall quality of education, South Africa came 146th in the WEF ranking.
While not all countries were surveyed, South Africa was ranked below Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
Annette Lovemore, shadow minister for basic education, said her government counterpart, Angie Motshekga, should answer questions in parliament about the “worsening” state of education…
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