A South African woman is inspiring viewers on TikTok by continuing her matric journey at 36 years old. Her story highlights the issue of school dropout in South Africa and encourages others to pursue their education regardless of age.
A determined South African woman sparked hope across TikTok after sharing her journey of continuing with the last three remaining subjects to complete matric. TikTok creator @tonithestudent posted an inspiring video revealing she was a 35-year-old matric student in 2024 and will continue her educational journey at 36 in 2025.
Her story highlights the growing concern of school dropouts in SA, where stats show nearly 9% of 17-year-olds left school with money troubles and poor performance being major factors. A woman posted a video on TikTok revealing that she is a 36-year-old matric student. Her post went viral with many supporting comments. Images: @tonithestudent‘Never give up, never what?’ while revealing her continued pursuit of education from age 35 to 36.faces significant challenges with school dropouts. In 2021, nearly 9% of 17-year-olds dropped out of school, with almost three out of ten pupils aged 18 years (29.3%) and four out of nine (46.3%) of 19-year-olds leaving school early. The main reasons included illness and disability (22.7%), poor academic performance (21.2%), and lack of money for fees (19.6%). These numbers show why stories like @tonithestudent’s are so important, as she highlights that returning to education is possible at any age.‘Don’t give up, at age 41, I wrote one of my matric subjects over, and scored 73%, At 43 Stellenbosch university 2025💃🏻
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