Parents in South Africa are “outsourcing” their kids’ homework to get better marks – report
·27 Jan 2019
Parents in South Africa are “outsourcing” their kids’ homework to receive better marks, the Sunday Times reported.
One man in Durban reportedly is able to put together a science project for a learner for R200, for a mark exceeding 80%.
People advertise their services to parents over social media, the paper said, and includes essay and speech writing.
University students are also advertising school essay writing services for 60 cents a word on Gumtree.
Parents and teachers slammed this practice, with school-based work making up 25% of a child’s year mark.
A parent who spoke to the Sunday Times said that kids are buying their way through school, and the “outsourcing of assignments flourished in most of Johannesburg’s wealthy suburbs”.
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