- "According to the department of basic education, pupils leave school prematurely for reasons including pregnancy, the need to take care of ill parents or younger siblings, poverty and ukuthwala, a form of abduction that compels a young woman's family to endorse marriage negotiations.
- The completion rate typically does not take into account Grade 12-level qualifications obtained outside the school system. But, says education economist Professor Martin Gustafsson, these numbers would have a limited impact – about 3 percentage points in recent years – on the rate.
- According to the department’s 2018 matric examination report, about one in 10 young people obtain their matric after the age of 20."
Link for the short srticle titled Dropout rates: Is South Africa among the worst in the world? published on 4 Marc 2019:
https://city-press.news24.com/News/dropout-rates-is-south-africa-among-the-worst-in-the-world-20190304