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South Africa in bid to reform education

Schools lack resources to become competitive as ANC struggles to provide quality institutions.
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2012 12:48

Almost twenty years since the end of apartheid, education in South Africa remains unequal.

The African National Congress, the ruling party, is struggling to provide quality education to all children.

A methodology study done by the World Economic Forum, a Swiss-based independent international organisation, showed the quality of South Africa's education is among the worst in the world.

Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.

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