While South Africa has achieved a demographic dividend, its lack of proper education and skills development is resulting in the country failing to capitalise fully on that demographic dividend, Statistics South Africa Statistician General Pali Lehohla said on Friday. A demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth that results from a decline in a country’s mortality and fertility and the subsequent change in the age structure of the population.
Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za
Education gap failing South African demographic dividend
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