Education Expert Stephanie Allais says the issuing of a Grade 9 certificate will not improve chances of getting employment.
This comes after the Department of Basic Education announced its plan to pilot the introduction of a general education certificate.
Experts are now worried that the certificate may lower academic standards.
Stephanie says the certificate would be of a little value.
“It’s an incredibly costly enterprise and I don’t see any value that it would add. There’s no reason to believe that people would get a job with a Grade 9 certificate because the labour market is really not absorbing people at that level. Many matriculants are struggling to get a job, so it’s not a lower certificate that people are looking for. The certificate itself isn’t going to solve anything.”
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Reporting by Diteboho Ntimane
