Exploring youth transitions: five years of the South African Youth Panel survey

OUTPUT TYPE: Research report- client
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Isdale, V.Reddy, L.Winnaar, T.L.Zuze
KEYWORDS: GRADE REPETITION, POST-MATRIC EDUCATION, POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION, SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH PANEL STUDY (SAYPS)
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10837
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13746
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13746

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Abstract

This report examines educational transitions for a national cohort of young people over a five-year period and in doing so attempts to understand who is and is not progressing, when the major bottlenecks appear, and where potential barriers to entering the post-school system are. Our aim is to provide a detailed examination of educational pathways and show a more complete picture of various transitions through the post-compulsory schooling phase (Grade 10 to 12), leading to a more accurate reflection of grade repetition and the sticking points throughout this phase.