Smooth, staggered or stopped?: educational transitions among the youth

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Isdale, V.Reddy, L.Winnaar, T.L.Zuze
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, INEQUALITY, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-july-to-sept-2016/educational-transitions
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9377
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/10099
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/10099

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Abstract

Understanding educational transitions is vital to addressing basic skills shortages. Efforts to address these shortages have been hampered by a lack of high-quality longitudinal data. To gather this information, a new study provides the first in-depth look at how young people move through the education system and advises on how to succeed academically despite disadvantage. Kathryn Isdale, Vijay Reddy, Lolita Winnaar and Tia Linda Zuze report on the outcomes.