The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its Global Information Technology Report 2015, which ranked South Africa last in the quality of mathematics and science education.<\/p>\n
South Africa also finished close to last \u2013 139 out of 143 countries \u2013 when looking at the overall quality of its education system.<\/p>\n
The WEF\u2019s Global Information Technology Report 2015 ranks SA\u2019s mathematics and science education quality lower than Angola, the Dominican Republic, and Mozambique.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that these rankings are based on the perceptions of business leaders, and make use of the WEF\u2019s annual \u201cExecutive Opinion Survey\u201d to establish how well a country\u2019s education system is performing.<\/p>\n
In this survey the opinions of business leaders are gathered on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n
The WEF\u2019s education quality rankings are an assessment of the quality of mathematics and science graduates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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