The International Monetary Fund recently released a paper titled ‘Struggling to Make the Grade: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System’. The paper, which reflects their views and not those of the IMF, aims to provide a data-driven, evidence-based approach to inform the national debate as to what works and what doesn’t when it comes to improving education.

GUEST: Montfort Mlachila, IMF Senior Resident Representative in South Africa. I am an economist by training.