Educational drop-out
Steps to address South Africa’s dropout crisis
The majority of learners who start Grade 1 will not complete their schooling. The South African education system is failing our children because a lack of educational qualifications puts them at a disadvantage in the labour market, increasing the prospect of a life mired in unemployment, and in so doing, perpetuating cycles of poverty and […]
Tags: drop-out, Educational drop-out, Grade 12, Hands-on Learning, Learning Brief, Opportunity 10, PIRLS, School drop-out, support young people, Supporting young people, Youth, Zero Dropout Schools Initiative
Posted on 12 Jul 2019
Hands-on Learning Issue 14
Through our Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learned so that others are able to draw from and build on their experiences. In this issue: Dynamic networks are amplifier strategies that enable social innovators […]
Tags: Activate!, Build simple loving connections for every child, Caregivers, child abuse, Child vulnerability, Clowns without Borders, Communities free of violence, Drive public innovation by reigniting civil society, drop-out, Educational drop-out, Embrace, Family Support Programmes, Grade 12, grow great, Hands-on Learning, Learning Brief, Nal'ibali, Networks, Networks as amplifiers of social impact, Opportunity 1, Opportunity 10, Opportunity 7, PATCH, PIRLS, Prevention of fatal child abuse, School drop-out, Simple loving connections, Smart Start, Smartstart, social capital, support young people, Supporting young people, Violence, Violence against children, Youth, Zero Dropout Schools Initiative
Posted on 24 Jun 2019
Connecting with learners to keep them in school
For many learners, school can feel like a losing battle. We see this in the country’s low matric throughput rates – with only 40% of learners who start school going on to pass matric 12 years later[1]. Merle Mansfield of the Zero School Dropout Initiative asks what can be done now to give our learners […]
Tags: drop-out, Educational drop-out, Grade 12, Hands-on Learning, Learning Brief, Opportunity 10, PIRLS, School drop-out, support young people, Supporting young people, Youth, Zero Dropout Schools Initiative
Posted on 29 Mar 2019
Focus on: The Supernews Tertiary Drop-out Superstage
Supernews, is a citizen-generated, citizen-funded news and idea network that encourages young South Africans to change the content of the news as we know it. Recently it challenged students across the country to: – Find out what the drop-out levels were on their campuses – Find out what the major reasons behind drop-out are – […]
Tags: Connection to Opportunity, Educational drop-out, Innovation, Public Innovation
Posted on 27 Jul 2012
100% In: The Supernews Tertiary Drop-out Superstage
Supernews, the citizen-generated, citizen-funded news and idea network that encourages young South Africans to change the content of the news as we know it challenged students across the country to – Find out what the drop-out levels were on their campuses – Find out what the major reasons behind drop-out are – Come up with […]
Tags: Connection to Opportunity, Educational drop-out, Innovation, Tertiary Education, Youth
Posted on 22 Jun 2012
100% In: The Supernews Tertiary Drop-out Superstage
Supernews is a citizen-generated, citizen-funded news and idea network that encourages young South Africans to change the content of the news as we know it, one success story at a time, one big idea at a time to increase awareness, change systems and influence new ways of thinking; democratise the news-making environment by generating news […]
Tags: Connection to Opportunity, Educational drop-out, Tertiary Education, Youth
Posted on 25 May 2012
