SA’s challenges set education on a perilous path with pens-down movement

It is that time of the year when 16- to 18-year-old students have just completed their matric exams. If you started school a little late, or circumstances held you back, by the time you write your matric exam you are 19 or older.

Our matric students have been subjected to a challenge comparable only to the one of June 16, but 47 years later and 30 years into our democracy.

While back then students fled the country, this time round they have to confront the demons.

Fleeing is...