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South Africa is a large southern African country with a population of approximately 60.3 million people. The country has many large cities, with Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Ethekwini being the largest.Â
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South Africa has 11 official languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga, Swati, Tshivenda, and Ndebele. The median age is 27.1 years. 94.4% of the population is said to be literate by age 15. South Africa spends 5.9% of its GDP on education. According to UNESCO, only 16.2% of children achieve minimum proficiency standards in mathematics by the end of grade 2 or 3.Â
The Age of Learning Foundation delivers one program in South Africa. Our Educational TV initiative supports the country’s foundational literacy and numeracy agenda.
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Learning poverty is preventing children from learning reading and math, and life skills in Africa, Central America, South Asia, and the Middle East. But you can help change that.
Age of Learning Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. 100% of public donations go directly to fund learning projects.