Truant
According to SA’s Basic Education Minister, South Africa has the highest rate of absenteeism in the SADC (Southern African Development Community). There were 392,000 teachers employed at public schools around the country in 2012 with each teacher, on average, being absent for 19 days (totalling close to 7.5 million days absent). (bit.ly/15NdMJ9)
This week’s theme: In the news
Gillian Findlay