South Africa has a high tertiary dropout rate, leaving many families worse off than they were before the “dropout” joined university.
“With several studies on South Africa’s drop-out rate being completed in 2020, we have arguably – and unfortunately – made little progress in terms of actively addressing and overcoming this,” said Benedict Johnson from student loan provider Fundi. “Across the board, pressures on students causing them to drop out had increased significantly over time.”
“Very simply, this was as a result of not having sufficient – or the right – information available when they made their choice. This was a critical contributor to their dropping out of university.”
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