Some of the numbers: There were 775 630 students in matric 2022. The class of 2022 started with 1 177 089 students in Gr 1 in 2010.
According to the DG of Education, Mathanzima Mweli, the number of students between Gr 1 and Gr 4 remains relatively unchanged.
But this number started to drop off from Gr 5 with 979 360 in 2015.
“Experts say this is because from Gr 4 they start to learn in English as a language of learning and this has an effect on them,” Mweli said.
In Gr 10 the numbers start to increase from 930 960 in Gr 9 in 2019, to 1 104 452 in 2020. Mweli said this is…