Prisoners achieve 79.25% matric pass rate
The Correctional Services department has reported a total of 79.25% of prisoners who wrote national senior certificate examinations passed in 2012.
[Video] Weekend 101: Results are in
Matrics get their results, the world rages over the Delhi gang-rape victim, America avoids the fiscal cliff and SA's road death toll rises.
Improved matric results hide reality
Matric results for 2012 are looking up but they have not told us enough about the deep social inequalities experienced by pupils across the country.
Editorial: Matric results - blooms hide the rot
Education Minister Angie Motshekga has asked the country to believe that 73.9% of grade 12s are sufficiently literate and numerate to pass matric.
Western Cape: Errors won't affect matric exam results
The Western Cape says matriculants will receive their results on time even though the department of basic education misreported the aggregate numbers.
Matric 2012 pass rate increases by 3.7 percentage points
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that 73.9% of grade 12 learners passed the National Senior Certificate exams.
IEB boasts 98.2% matric exam pass rate
A total of 98.2% of students who wrote the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations under the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) have passed.
IEB matric results show slight improvement
Independent Examination Board (IEB) examination results announced on Friday were a slight improvement on last year's, it has been reported.
Umalusi declares matric exams fair and credible
The matric examinations of 2012 have been declared fair, valid and credible by Umalusi, said chairperson Sizwe Mabizela.
No special treatment for Limpopo or Northern Cape, says Umalusi
Learners from Limpopo and the Northern Cape will not be given special treatment when it comes to matric results, says Umalusi.
Education system worse than under apartheid: Ramphele
Mamphela Ramphele lashed out at South Africa's education system.
Moving towards plan B: Use the gap to get ahead
The disappointment of matric results is not the end of the world -- kick-start your future by using this time wisely.
Past sins revisited and corrected
In the second of his two-part article, Max price explains why UCT uses race in deciding who to admit.
Sub-par matric is a ticket to desperation
The dramatic rise in the pass rate over the past two years raises unrealistic expectations about entry into higher education.
Matric pass rate may be deceiving
There are other factors to consider before we celebrate the 'improved' quality of our schooling.
Worrying trends hamper high matric pass rate
Education experts say that the 2011 matric results show a worrying trend of high attrition at school level and low performance in critical subjects.
Inequality fails KZN's pupils
After a drop in its 2011 matric pass rate, the KwaZulu-Natal education department says poverty is one of the largest stumbling blocks for its pupils.
'Happy' Motshekga hails 70.2% matric pass rate
The class of 2011 has achieved a 70.2% matric pass rate -- up from 67.8% in 2010, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced.
Matric exam results set to be released
Umalusi has announced its approval of the release of the 2011 matric exam results after decreeing the exams 'valid, fair and credible'.
In a worse state than we think
SA's focus on the matric exam results obscures the fact that pupils in earlier grades lack fundamental skills.
