Determinants of Grade 12 Pass Rates in the Post-Apartheid South African Schooling System

Bhorat, Haroon; Oosthuizen, Morné

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“…Thus, the GDP per capita data may be distorted, making it difficult to discern the relationship between income and adventure tourism. Thus, the study went on to examine metropolitan areas by education level as a proxy for likelihood of being employed and having disposable income (Table 2) (Bhorat, Oosthuizen, 2009 When assessed by race, there is almost no relationship between the Indian population and adventure tourism [r = 0.148]. There was a surprisingly strong correlation between the size of the Coloured population and the number of operators [r = 0.637].…”

Section: Results For the Metropolitan Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As for the metropolitan areas, the relationship between adventure tourism and income was explored. Due to the lack of GDP per capita data for these secondary cities, analysis was undertaken by the percentage of the population that had either completed high school or completed a tertiary qualification, as a proxy for income (Bhorat, Oosthuizen, 2009). In that respect it was found there was no relationship between number of operators and percentage of the population who had completed matric [r = 0.0145] or with the number of people who had a tertiary qualification [r = 0.0225].…”

Section: Results For Secondary Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The South African Adventure Tourism Economy: An urban phenomenon

McKay

2017

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Abstract. The international adventure tourism literature is remarkably silent on the geographical nature of the industry. This study seeks to provide a geographical analysis of the sector within the context of South Africa. The spatial analysis was undertaken by metropolitan area, secondary towns and small towns, using a dataset of adventure tourism enterprises. It was found that the sector is spatially concentrated and highly urbanised, despite the perception that adventure tourism requires 'wild' and outdoor spaces. With many adventure tourism enterprises located in South Africa's metropolitan areas, it is a hither too unknown sub-sector of the South African urban tourism market. Urban settlements with large populations and a strong general tourism sector form a significant support base for adventure tourism operators. Cape Town is the dominant adventure tourism destination, making it the adventure capital of South Africa. A few small settlements were found to be highly dependent upon the sector for survival.

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The South African Adventure Tourism Economy: An urban phenomenon

McKay

2017

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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“…Lamdin (1996) found no significant relationship between class size and student success. More recently, Bhorat and Oosthuizen (2009) found that while pupil-teacher ratios and educational resources did not contribute to secondary school pass rates, proxy indicators for teacher characteristics were strong predictors of improvements in African students' performance. Other research on the effects of pupil-teacher ratios in developing areas concludes that pupil-teacher ratio is the most important factor in education production (Ismail & Cheng, 2005;Hungi & Thuku, 2010).…”

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The impacts of retention, expenditures, and class size on primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national analysis

Ruff¹

2016

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Education in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly viewed as a means of emancipation and a transformative project for social mobility. Developing nations have pursued policies such as universal or free primary education to increase access to education and improve student outcomes. In this study, direct and indirect precursors to primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa are analyzed using national cross-sectional data collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Results show that imbalanced pupil-teacher ratios and high student retention rates are negatively associated with primary school completion. Additionally, the positive relationship between expenditure increase and completion rates is mediated by a negative contribution to pupil-teacher ratios. Results are compared with existing production function research on educational inputs and student success.

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“…Note: assessment based on Fedderke and Luiz, 2002;Fiske and Ladd, 2003;Lee et al, 2005;Moloi, and Strauss, 2005;Oosthuizen and Bhorat, 2006;Gustafsson,2007;Louw et al, 2007;Van der Berg, 2007;Bhorat and Oosthuizen, 2008;Fleisch, 2008;Lam et al, 2008;Van der Berg, 2008;Armstrong, 2009;Chudgar and Kanjee, 2009;Taylor and Yu, 2009;Van der Berg, 2009;Ardington et al, 2011;Frempong et al, 2011;Taylor et al, 2011. …”

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Policy Determinants of School Outcomes Under Model Uncertainty

Laurent

Murtin

Barnard

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OECD Economics Department Working Papers

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JT03341108Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. In this paper we assess the determinants of secondary school outcomes in South Africa. We use Bayesian Averaging Model techniques to account for uncertainty in the set of underlying factors that are chosen among a very large pool of explanatory variables in order to minimize the risk of omitted variable bias. Our analysis indicates that the socioeconomic background of pupils, demographic characteristics such as population groups (Black and White) as well as geographical locations account for a significant variation in pupils' achievement levels. We also find that the most robust policy determinants of pupils' test scores are the availability of a library at school, the use of IT in the classroom as well as school climate.This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of South Africa

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Determinants of Grade 12 Pass Rates in the Post-Apartheid South African Schooling System

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Cited by 29 publications

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The South African Adventure Tourism Economy: An urban phenomenon

The South African Adventure Tourism Economy: An urban phenomenon

The impacts of retention, expenditures, and class size on primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national analysis

Policy Determinants of School Outcomes Under Model Uncertainty

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