Jansen, Jonathan D.2006-06-292006-06-292006-06-18Jansen, JD 2006, ‘Dumb and dumber – meet the class of 2006’, Sunday Tribune, 18 June, p. 25.http://hdl.handle.net/2263/490Young people are leaving school without reading or numeracy skills thanks to a system obsessed with pass rates and matriculation symbols.296385 bytesapplication/pdfenPermission obtained from SAMedia to publish newspaper article in UPSpace. Visit https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/2263/1151/1/samedia.txt to view permission note.SchoolsMathematicsReadingWritingSpeakingNumeracyMatriculation examinationsLearner pass rateLearning cultureMatric resultsHigher educationEducation - South AfricaProblem solvingText