Official vs "real" matric pass rate — from 1995 to 2021
Basic education minister Angie Motshega announced this week that 76.4% of matrics who wrote their final exams in 2021 had passed.
However, experts have said the education department’s emphasis on increasing the matric pass rate has come...
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...
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% —...
The 2019 matric pass rate is 81.3%
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has announced the pass rate for the matric class of 2019.
The national matric pass rate for the class of 2019 is 81.3% - up by 3.1 from 2018's matric pass rate of 78.2%.
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