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“. . . international tests suggest that South African schools are among the world’s worst . . .”

Education in South Africa is a national disaster. Respected educationist Graeme Bloch faces the crisis head-on in this account of the toxic mix of factors responsible for our failed schools. He takes government to task for its role and analyses what has gone wrong with teachers and their support systems.

But Bloch also holds up some shining examples of schools that are getting it right through commitment and good leadership. He not only identifies the problems but clearly suggests how to fix these. The Toxic Mix is a powerful call to action.

(The book) speaks to an issue at the core of South Africa’s tragic failure to transform the inherited education system into one that provides the sure and tested route out of poverty.

– Dr Mamphela Ramphele

The Toxic Mix will make a lot of sense to ordinary South Africans struggling to understand why a nation that spends more (as a percentage of GDP) on school education than any other African state, has the worst results to show for such investment.

– Prof Jonathan Jansen