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Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31408 Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy Lamprecht, Johan ichelp@gibs.co.za Banda, Bridget Wavala UCTD Economic impact Maths and science Poor performance Root cause Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The South African economy is not competitive in the global context. The inadequate number of skilled people in the Maths and Science arena is central to the structural unemployment and limited growth prospects in certain sectors such as manufacturing, technology and engineering. The big question is why? The answer is poor performance in Maths and Science at the school level. Maths and Science is a critical element towards economic recovery, especially in an ever increasing competitive global environment. It stimulates economic equality and opportunity for all whilst eliminating the disparities in the skills shortage and reducing adverse poverty.This study is aimed at discovering the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education, Secondly to explore the interaction between the poor performance and economic performance and lastly to use the vicious cycle of poverty study to enhance the research and provide more insight into the dynamics of the problem.The research was informed by the principles of qualitative methodology. The reasons for the poor performance were given by past learners of Maths and Science and the impact to the South African economy given by specialists. The interaction of the two was used to create a model incorporating all the learning. Gordon Institute of Business Science Restricted 2013-09-09T12:14:42Z 2013-04-25 2013-09-09T12:14:42Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-16 Dissertation Banda, BW 2012, Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162013-111727 / > F13/4/127/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31408 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162013-111727/ en © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Economic impact Maths and science Poor performance Root cause Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy |
| title | Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy |
| title_full | Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy |
| title_short | Exploring the root cause of poor performance in Maths and Science education and the impact to the South African economy |
| title_sort | exploring the root cause of poor performance in maths and science education and the impact to the south african economy |
| topic | UCTD Economic impact Maths and science Poor performance Root cause |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31408 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162013-111727/ |