International best practice in schooling reform What can South Africa learn from other countries?

The South African schooling system is struggling.   Learners perform very badly in international tests in mathematics, science, and functional literacy, and lag years behind intended outcomes.   The system is also wasteful.   Many who enter it drop out, or fail to find jobs.   Many developing countries that are poorer than South Africa and that spend less on education per learner perform substantially better.   South Africa is getting a very poor return on a massive social investment.  
CDE hosted  a workshop in Washington DC in December 2008 which focussed on international experience in schooling reform in order to learn more

Publisher: Centre for Development and Enterprise
Year of Publication: 2009