The Department of Basic Education (DBE) said on Friday that Minister Angie Motshekga will soon make an announcement on the findings of its investigation into a matric maths question that some pupils said was impossible to answer. Matriculants across the country flagged Question 5 in the Maths Paper Two exam[…]
by Tauhierah Salie The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has denied rumours that it is phasing maths and science out of schools in the province. It follows reports that thousands of students have dropped science subjects, as well as opted for Mathematics Literacy as opposed to ‘Pure’ Maths. Education experts[…]
The Department of Basic Education urged the public to be wary of what it deems “fake news” suggesting it reduced the pass mark for Mathematics to 20%. “This could not be further from the truth,” spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said. “It is mischievous of some people to take old information and[…]
There has been almost no progress in learner performance in mathematics in recent years, said Umalusi chairperson Professor John Volmink on Thursday. He also said the performance in mathematical literacy – considered the “soft option” – was almost as “critically low” as in mathematics. Volmink added that, while there were[…]
South Africa is almost dead last among 140 countries in terms of its maths and science education, according to this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness report. Last year’s report also put the country last out of 148 countries. The report for 2015/16 painted a dismal picture, with South[…]
An official matric exam timetable for Western Cape pupils mistakenly excludes certain scheduled exams, according to documents seen by News24. The timetable has already been distributed to matriculants across the province, but fails to include the scheduled exams of key subjects such as Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy. The provincial education department[…]
The 2014 matric results for mathematics, mathematics literacy and physical science were worse than in 2013, monitoring body Umalusi said on Tuesday. Mathematics had undergone major changes in content with the inclusion of Euclidean geometry and probability, Umalusi council chairman Prof John Volmink told reporters in Pretoria. He said the[…]
VOC has made available the trigonometry worksheets and papers, as heard on the station’s Matric Revision programme. Matric students are encourage to download the following papers in preparation for the upcoming Matric exams. TRIGONOMETRY GRAPHS TRIGONOMETRY FORMULAE TRIGONOMETRY BASICS Trigonometry_Notes_grade 11 Trigonometry_Notes_grade 12
Below is attached the calculus worksheets and papers, as heard on VOC’s Matric Revision programme. Students are encouraged to download the following papers in preparation for the upcoming matric exams. Summary Worksheet CALCULUS_ APPLICATIONS CALCULUS_ BASICS CALCULUS_ GRAPHS
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