COVID-19 and the South African curriculum policy response
In this note by Ursula Hoadley, she tracks curriculum and assessment policy changes over three years (2020 to 2023) in…
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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19: What education data reveal
New research (download the full report here) by RESEP, the Research Group on Socio-Economic Policy at Stellenbosch University, shows how the more lenient promotion policies…
February 2, 2023 PDF
THE QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF SA-SAMS DATA AS UNIT-LEVEL DATA: A TECHNICAL OVERVIEW
Data quality – its accuracy, completeness, reliability, relevance and timeliness – is crucial for proper analysis, administration and policymaking. Data quality was therefore of great…
January 2, 2023 PDF
About RESEP
Research on Socioeconomic Policy (RESEP) is a group of scholars and students interested in issues of poverty, income distribution, social mobility, economic development and social policy. Based at the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch. The team is lead by Servaas van der Berg, whose position as the Chair in the Economics of Social Policy since 2008, has lead to the further consolidation of research within these areas.
Recent Papers
The latest working papers, publications, reports and policy briefs by RESEP researchers.
In this note by Ursula Hoadley, she tracks curriculum and assessment policy changes over three years (2020 to 2023) in South Africa in response to…
May 16, 2023 PDF
EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19: What education data reveal
New research (download the full report here) by RESEP, the Research Group on Socio-Economic Policy at Stellenbosch University, shows how the more lenient promotion policies…
February 2, 2023 PDF
THE QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF SA-SAMS DATA AS UNIT-LEVEL DATA: A TECHNICAL OVERVIEW
Data quality – its accuracy, completeness, reliability, relevance and timeliness – is crucial for proper analysis, administration and policymaking. Data quality was therefore of great…
January 2, 2023 PDF
Covid-19 disruptions and education in South Africa — two years of evidence
RESEP is engaged in a 3-year project (2022-24) to track learning losses, repetition, dropout and school completion patterns among school cohorts impacted by COVID-19 disruptions…
December 19, 2022 PDF
New Research on Teacher Demographics
A group of 16 RESEP researchers is currently engaged in a 3-year project focusing on the incoming wave of teacher retirements.
December 1, 2022 PDF
Ongoing Projects
This project is a collaboration between Stellenbosch University, Theewaterskloof municipality and Western Cape Department of Human Settlements. The aim is to use upward and downward…
August 11, 2021 PDF
This project is linked to the Early Learning Programme (ELP) and uses data from the Readership and Literacy project but is also supplemented by others…
October 22, 2020 PDF
A portion of this project includes reanalysing WCED CEMIS and Systemic Tests to determine how early learning performance affects progressions, dropout, and matric results. The…
October 22, 2020 PDF
Team
RESEP (Research on Socio-Economic Policy)
RESEP is a group of researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch.
Funding
RESEP has received funding for its research from various organisations and governments. In recent years, funding for research has been provided by, amongst others, The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Endowment; The UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); UNICEF offices in South Africa, Namibia and Eswatini; Zenex Foundation, Tshikululu Social Investments, PSPPD (Presidency/European Union) and The National Research Foundation (NRF).
