Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga had nothing but praise for the Western Cape as it celebrated its matric results in a ceremony on Tuesday. She surprised many when she attended the event, held in a marquee at Premier Helen Zille’s Leeuwenhof residence. Addressing Zille and Education MEC Debbie Schäfer, she[…]
Western Cape MEC for education, Debbie Schafer has heaped praised on the province’s class of 2015 after it secured the highest overall pass rate in the country. Not only was the Western Cape’s 84.7% the highest amongst all nine provinces, but it was also the only pass rate increase from[…]
A massive honours roll takes pride of place at the entrance to Spine Road High School in Mitchells Plain. The gold letters read: “First 100% Matric Class in Mitchell’s Plain” and underneath are the names of all of the matrics of 2014 who helped make history at the Cape Flats[…]
The Department of Social Development’s matric helpline was inundated with calls from distressed pupils in their opening day on Wednesday. Social development spokesperson Lumka Oliphant told News24 that they had over 3 000 please call me’s and 2 000 callers in their first half of the day. She said they[…]
Neither guns or gangs could stop the matric pupils of Oval High School in Mitchell’s Plain from getting close to a 100% pass rate. “I know how many difficulties you had to face,” said principal Na-aim Kassiem with awe as he addressed the class of 2015 who were sitting at[…]
Matric pupils across the country have returned to their schools today to collect their National Senior Certificates, with pupils in the Western Cape able to collect their results from midday onwards. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that the matric pass rate for the 2015 academic year is 70,7% which[…]
All lower quintile schools in the Western Cape improved their matric performance, Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schäfer said on Wednesday. They were still analysing the numbers, but were happy with the various improvements. The province had the highest matric pass rate in the country, at 84.7%. Public schools are[…]
The number of so-called “progressed learners” pushed down the matric pass rate for 2015, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga said on Tuesday. She was, however, quick to defend the pupils indicating they were not the only reason there was a decrease. Motshekga announced on Tuesday that the national pass[…]
The Western Cape was the best performing province in the 2015 National Senior Certificate exams with an 84.7% pass rate. Gauteng was close on its heels with an 84.2% pass rate. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the results in Midrand on Tuesday night. The Free State was the third-best[…]
Thousands of matrics throughout the country will know their individual results on Wednesday. All results, except those for Western Cape, would go live on the department’s website. Schools in all provinces, except the Western Cape, would open at 08:00 for pupils to fetch results and collect their National Senior Certificate,[…]
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