By iol, 01/01/2026
"...The celebratory mood surrounding the 2025 matriculation results, highlighted by improvements in pass rates, masked a serious demographic concern: the worrying decline in the number of boys remaining in the schooling system compared to girls. South Africa’s boys are disappearing at a significantly higher rate than their female counterparts, creating an increasingly imbalanced final matric cohort..."
Read the entire article: https://iol.co.za/news/2026-
