Are high school teachers and university academics on the same page? A case of the university readiness of business education learners at two schools and two universities

Student teacher experiences of mentoring during teaching practice in a primary and a secondary school.

“…This is a huge concern as a lack of reading skills tends to spill over into performance in other subjects and, unless corrected, persists in its effect on the balance of the learners' school careers. This is substantiated by the fact that, while performance in the National Senior Certificate has grown gradually over the years, more than half of the learners who pass matric do not qualify for admission to university, while a number of those who do cannot cope with the academic demands at the university level (dos Reis et al, 2019). Chief among the contributing factors to poor performance in the schooling system is the failure of the system to produce and develop quality teachers.…”