According to statistics, the whole population of people in South Africa is approximately 50 million and only 37% of the people are participating in the educational system. If you really want to know the performance of South Africa education system, the initial action is to look on the input of the system.

Normally, the three important facets for any form of educational system include primary, secondary and tertiary education. In the primary education segment in South Africa, the current population of individuals who should participate in the system is 15% if we based it on the age range but theoretically speaking the total individuals who enrolled in the system is approximately 87% only. However, if you based it in the presentation of the educational system, it is known that 89% of the individuals have completed the primary education.

Next is the secondary education. In this facet, it forms approximately 10% of the total population at present but in that 10% benchmark, it accounts about 67% of the individuals who participated and who are enrolled in the system. From that 67% only 44% of the people are able to complete the secondary schooling which is in fact very alarming and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

The third facet is the Tertiary Education. 12% of the existing population is supposedly attending the tertiary South Africa education system however; based on statistics only 14% of individuals is presently participating in the system and from that percentage only 17% completes the tertiary education along with the tertiary degree.

What are the reasons why a lot of South Africans are not able to participate in the education system? According to a certain survey, there are few major reasons on why this is happening.

1. 32% of the respondents stated that there were unable to make it in the education system because of lack of money to sustain their education.
2. Another 15% of the respondents said that they thought education is a waste of time.
3. The last 10% respondents answered that the reason on why they can’t make it in the education system is because they have illnesses.

By and large, the South Africa education system should be prioritized by the people because without proper educational degree, each individual is likely to suffer more in terms of seeking future success. The government should see to it to have more funds allotted in this sector so everyone has the opportunity to go to school even if they don’t have enough money and in this way they would not think that education is useless.