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Zero Dropout Campaign s Merle Mansfield on a mission

weekly newspaper. How? By asking children what they need and making sure adults listen. Social work and activism cannot be separated. Mansfield knows this from experience. When she was 20 years old, she started work in the child protection arm of the Cape Flats Development Association in Lavender Hill, Cape Town. She sat down to 60 files on her desk that first day. Since then, she has been advocating on behalf of children – whether in their homes, in court or in the boardroom. She wants to amplify their voices to get them what they need. She is now the programme director at the Zero Dropout Campaign. Her mission: to halve SA’s 40% school dropout rate by 2030.

Matric 2020 results: Mixed reaction to 76 2% pass rate

The national pass rate for the 2020 NSC results is 76.2% -  a 5.1 percentage point drop from the previous year.   Naptosa has congratulated the class of 2020, saying dedication, resilience and hard work proved to be the element of success.  Meanwhile, AfriForum says blames the education department’s poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic for the dip in the matric pass rate. The National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) has congratulated the class of 2020 for achieving a pass rate of 76.2%.  The 76.2% is, however, a 5.1 percentage point decrease from the previous year.  The organisation said achieving the 76.2% pass rate in the face of the adversity the Grade 12 pupils experienced in 2020, was beyond expectation.  

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