This episode of the Checkpoint podcast asks a question that cuts through the noise: how do we celebrate pass rates while losing learners before the finish line? Host Nkepile Mabuse speaks to Dr Pali Lehohla about South Africa’s dropout pipeline, why school can become “optional” under pressure, and what happens when the system rewards the final matric headline more than the learner journey. They unpack cohort analysis, stigma, and the uncomfortable culture of making dropouts invisible. It is not

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