We cannot celebrate rising pass rates while mathematics classrooms are empty
Bizcommunity | 22.05.2026 20:35
Delivering the keynote address, Dr Mmboneni Muofhe, deputy director-general for Socio-Economic Innovation Partnership at the Department of Science and Innovation, warned that South Africa’s mathematics results do not always reflect the full reality of learner participation and opportunity. He argued that when learners are shifted away from mathematics and into mathematics literacy simply to improve school performance statistics, “the numbers lie”.
