South Africa: Going to University Is a Big Change From School but Mentors Help - Study

AllAfrica27 October 2026, 04:41 UTCSouth Africa

[The Conversation Africa] More than 345,000 grade 12 learners in South Africa qualified for university entrance in the 2025 school leaving exam - 46% of those who passed. This was the largest number yet, more than double the figure a decade earlier.

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