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South Africa sends Grade 5 students to take Grade 4 maths tests — and ends stone last
An international standardised benchmarking survey conducted in 2023 revealed that South African Grade 5 school students ranked last out of 59 countries in mathematics and science.
This is an abysmal performance, considering the Grade 5 pupils competed at a fourth-grade level. South Africa was one of three countries that sent Grade 5 pupils to participate in the study.