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Poor quality of education for black people 140 South Africa’s infrastructure is ranked out of 144 economies Out of 144 economies • the qualit y of the education system ranks < 10% • 2012 Grade 9 national average Maths performance stood at 13% 78 • 41.7% of the total population has completed an education of high school or higher education • 15.4% gross tertiary enrolment rate ROADS 63 Grades 3, 6 and 9 must achieve 50% or more