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Going to university is a big change from school but mentors help – study

By Lesedi Senamele Matlala, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Public Policy, Monitoring and Evaluations, University of Johannesburg

More than 345,000 grade 12 learners in South Africa qualified for university entrance in the 2025 school leaving exam – 46% of those who passed. This was the largest number yet, more than double the figure a decade earlier.

But qualifying for university and being ready for university are not the same thing.

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