EDUCATION
Key findings of educa'onal impact Ubuntu clients pass matric at more than twice the rate of their school peers Matric pass rate Percent 37%
1 year
2 years
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Ubuntu clients1
16%
Ubuntu clients gain 1 year in English proficiency in a school year vs 0.5 year in the community
Clients are 2 years closer to reading at age level than nonclients
Improvement in 1 year in mathematics proficiency by clients
Community2
1 % of Ubuntu’s After School Programme clients passing matric 2 Weighted average of schools (from which Ubuntu clients are drawn) pass rates excluding Ubuntu clients
SOURCE: McKinsey and Company Analysis: Ubuntu Education Fund Data; Department of Education 2009 matric pass rate schools figures
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