Africa

Degree offers no job guarantee for S Africans

With youth unemployment at about 50 percent, there is continuing debate over how valuable a degree may be.
Last Modified: 03 Jan 2013 20:26

Matriculation results are out in South Africa, and students have been finding out whether they have made it into university.

The opposition says pre-university standards are dropping, and with youth unemployment at about 50 percent, there is continuing debate over how valuable a degree may be.
 
Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Johannesburg.

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