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The World Bank defines literacy as the “percentage of the population ages 15 and older that can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life”. In 2021, Zimbabwe's literacy rate stood at 90%. ...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a valu...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a valu...

In 2021, there was one school teacher for every 37 pupils at the Early Childhood Development level. For primary schools, there was one teacher for every 36 pupils. There was one teacher for every 23 pupils in rural secondary schools and one teacher for every 22 pupils in urban secondary schools. ...

In 2021, there were 22,740 ordinary public schools and 2,154 independent schools in South Africa, according to data from the department of basic education. The total was 24,894 – a decrease from 25,199 in 2020. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special s...

In 2021 there were 13, 409,249 learners in ordinary public and independent schools in South Africa. (Note: This number excludes early childhood development centres and special schools.) ...

In 2021 there were 447,123 educators in South African schools. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.) ...

UNESCO defines literacy as the “percentage of the population ages 15 and older that can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life”. UNESCO data indicates that Kenya’s literacy rate stood at 81.5% in 2018. ...

In 2020, the South African adult illiteracy rate was 90%, indicating an improvement of 2.1 percentage points from 2019. ...