Prevalence of uncorrected refractive error in low-resource high schools in the Free State, South Africa

A high prevalence of URE, especially among older participants, was established, prompting an urgent concerted intervention from all stakeholders to curb the scourge.Contribution: This study accentuates the visual situation of vulnerable learners, that is, older children from disadvantaged backgrounds in the Free State, which until this point had not been established.