HELPING KIDS STAY IN SCHOOL
”When we start thinking about dropping out as a process that happens over time, in which a disengaged pupil is pushed or pulled away from school ... we are better able to identify the drivers of dropping out and find ways to address them”
Simphiwe John* was skipping classes and frequently absent from school because he found it difficult to adjust to English. John (14) had moved from Lower Mthombe, a village in King William’s Town, to East London in the Eastern Cape to be closer to this father.
He used to attend a rural school where the medium of instruction was mainly isiXhosa, and English was predominantly
