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According to the DBE’s latest first-term results, fewer than 70% of Grade 6 pupils achieved 50% or more in Mathematics.

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Local districts departed from some national trends. But girls’ scores still slid more than boys’, with a few exceptions.

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Lauda and his colleagues solve some of the problems with topological qubits by using a class of theoretical particles they ...

In 2023-2024, boys on average outscored girls in math in nearly nine out of 10 districts, an analysis of test scores shows.