South Africa's real 2022 matric pass rate — 53%
South Africa's "real" 2022 matric pass rate is 53%, much lower than the impressive figure revealed by the Department of Basic Education last night.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced the 2022 matric results for public schools on...
South Africa's official matric pass rate is 80.1%
South Africa’s official matric pass rate for 2022 is 80.1%, an increase from the 76.4% pass rate of 2021.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced the results on Thursday, 19 January 2023.
South Africa's real matric pass rate — 53%
The "real" matric pass rate of the class of 2021 is 53% — substantially worse than the official figure given by basic education minister Angie Motshekga.
On Thursday evening, Motshekga announced that the pass rate of 2021's matrics was 76.4%, up...
The 2021 matric pass rate is 76.4%
South Africa's official matric pass rate for 2021 is 76.4%, a marginal increase from the 76.2% pass rate of 2020.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced the results on Thursday, 20 January 2022.
Where to get the 2021 matric results
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will announce the 2021 national examination results at 18:00 on Thursday, and individual candidate results will be made available at exam centres the following day.
The 2021 matric exams commenced on 27 October...
End South Africa’s 30% matric pass mark
It is time to end the ability to pass matric subjects with a 30% mark, One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has said.
One South Africa launched a petition calling on basic education minister Angie Motshekga to increase the matric pass mark to 50% —...
New Grade 9 exit-level exam for South Africa
The Department of Basic Education wants to introduce a new school exit level certificate and compulsory history.
Hidden truths about South Africa’s matric results
There is more to South Africa’s matric results than the average pass rate. Here are some of the hidden facts
SA’s Grade 9 mathematics score: 10.8%
South Africa’s 2014 Annual National Assessments results show that the average performance in mathematics in Grade 9 is a pathetic 10.8%
Despite an education budget of billions, the system does not work, the DA told Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Tuesday.
Speaking in the National Assembly during debate on Motshekga's budget vote, Democratic Alliance MP Annette Lovemore said the situation in public education could...
A "Disgusted" and "pained" Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has penned an open letter to the SA Democratic Teachers' Union and Cosatu, demanding an apology after a large pair of panties said to be hers was brandished during last week's march in Pretoria.
The ANC Women's League...
Striking SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) members were gathering in an open space in Marabastad, on the outskirts of the Pretoria CBD, on Wednesday morning.
More than 20 buses pulled into the old Putco bus depot, where they dropped off striking teachers from various provinces.
Police...
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has opted to remain silent on a looming go-slow by teachers.
"The minister will not comment on the matter," her spokeswoman Hope Mokgatlhe said in an sms on Monday.
The SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) said on Monday its members would embark on...