Education
From The Report: South Africa 2016
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The education sector in South Africa remains a top priority for the state, with basic education receiving the largest share of government expenditure in the most recent budget, as stakeholders move to improve both the quality of learning and student outcomes. Although the sector is still confronted with a lack of available capacity and high levels of youth unemployment for graduates, the government is intensifying its efforts to expand access to basic and post-secondary education. With public expenditure intensifying and significant scope for growth in the private K-12 segment, the education sector should continue to witness improvements in 2016, with rising research and development spending to be accompanied by significant knock-on benefits for the broader economy.

This chapter contains an interview with Adam Habib, Vice Chancellor, University of Witwatersrand.

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The education sector in South Africa remains a top priority for the state, with basic education receiving the largest slice of government expenditure in the most recent budget as stakeholders move to improve both the quality of learning and student outcomes. The post-secondary segment has also seen funding for research soar in recent years, and the government has significantly expanded its portfolio of public universities to offer post-secondary access across every province in the country. Despite…

Interview

Back to basics: OBG talks to Adam Habib, Vice Chancellor, University of Witwatersrand
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