Johannesburg, September 2020 – Grade 12 is the most critical year of any learner’s academic life; the bridge between secondary and higher education, as it were. For the more than 700 000 students enrolled in matric, this final year has become far more than a challenge. With Covid-19 stalking the corridors, their futures are looking decidedly dubious. Ten million. That’s how many African students have been scrambling for a solution to an academic year gone haywire, according to UNESCO. Add to this the classrooms full of Grade 12 learners who were expecting to join older students on campus next…
What will happen to South Africa’s matrics?
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