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Early Warning Systems are the first line of defense in the campaign to prevent school dropout
Posted by Letswalo L Marobane on 26 August 2022, 13:45 SAST
Imagine a class of 100 Grade 1s on their first day of school, bright-eyed and eager to learn. Of those 100 learners, at least 40 will drop out of school before finishing matric. School dropout has become normalised in many communities, deepening inter-generational poverty, joblessness and inequality.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers estimated that between 230 000 and 300 000 learners dropped out of school each year. Yet, as a country, we are not doing enough to prevent learners from falling through the cracks of our schooling system.
