The national goal is for children to be literate by the end of Grade 3, to ensure that they do not fall behind in later ...

Adolescence is a stage of rapid growth and development. The start of puberty, around age 11, triggers a series of physical, hormonal, psychological, and social changes that may be stressful not only ...

It is the outcome many parents fear and every economist warns against: a child being held back a year in school. In South Africa, grade repetition is a costly cog in the education machine, absorbing ...