Poor education inhibits SA economic growth

Economic prospects for South Africa are being limited by poor education standards, particularly in maths and science, according to new book published by the UCT Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business. Lack of economic growth has a direct knock-on effect on volumes of freight moved by the logistics industry. Mike Herrington, co-author of the book, says “the Global Competitiveness Survey of 2009-2010 cites South Africa’s inadequately educated workforce as the second most problematic factor for doing business in the country. “South Africa is ranked 45th out of 133 countries overall, but this ranking plummets to 107th in terms of the quality of primary education, 119th for secondary and tertiary education and training, and a dismal last in terms of the quality of maths and science education,” he says.