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19 October 2009

From school into the jobless abyss

Dimakatso Mokwena

Young people should be encouraged to remain in education for as long as possible, writes Michael Cosser. A study tracing the destinations of learners who were in Grade 12 in 2005 has revealed that 9 percent of the 40 002 matriculants were working in 2006, less than half the 20 percent who had aspired to a job.

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