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Prisoners achieve 79.25% matric pass rate

Prisoners achieve 79.25% matric pass rate

06 Jan 2013 14:46 - Sapa
The Correctional Services department has reported a total of 79.25% of prisoners who wrote national senior certificate examinations passed in 2012.
Unsuccessful matric students chase re-marking deadline

Unsuccessful matric students chase re-marking deadline

05 Jan 2013 12:14 - Sapa
Students who did not pass their matric have until January 21 to register for a re-marking or re-checking.
Improved matric results hide reality

Improved matric results hide reality

04 Jan 2013 07:20 - Bongani Nkosi
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

Editorial: Matric results - blooms hide the rot

04 Jan 2013 06:00 - Editorial
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

Western Cape: Errors won't affect matric exam results

03 Jan 2013 10:26 - Phillip De Wet
The Western Cape says matriculants will receive their results on time even though the department of basic education misreported the aggregate numbers.
On collegial collaborations

On collegial collaborations

04 Aug 2012 22:31 - Trish Gibbon, Johan Muller & Heather Nel
Universities should partner with colleges to ensure new knowledge filters down to them.
Do the maths: Results not in line with SA's ambitions

Do the maths: Results not in line with SA's ambitions

10 Jan 2012 06:50 - Faranaaz Parker
The number of quality maths and physical science passes achieved by the class of 2011 bodes ill for SA's plans to create five million jobs by 2020.
Myth busting the matric pass rate

Myth busting the matric pass rate

07 Jan 2012 06:34 - Faranaaz Parker
Are the matric results a true reflection of the quality of education in SA? A lot of people are sceptical because it takes so little to secure a pass.

The suspicious seventies

06 Jan 2012 09:53 - The Editorial
The system over which Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga now presides is far more stable.
Matric: quality vs quantity

Matric: quality vs quantity

11 Mar 2011 10:17 - Nick Taylor
Since 2004 government has emphasised qualitative passes moving away from artificial increases, writes Nick Taylor.
Learners set up for failure

Learners set up for failure

21 Jan 2011 10:36 - Junita Kloppers-Lourens
Let's place the truth about the 2010 matric results on the table.

FF+: Make matric adjustments public

20 Jan 2011 18:03 - Staff Reporter
It is in the interests of those who sat the 2010 matric exams that details of adjustments made to their marks be made public, the FF+ said on Thursday
Matric results do make sense

Matric results do make sense

14 Jan 2011 10:01 - Martin Prew
Identifying three trends evident in 2010 should help legitimise the pass rate for those who remain sceptical, writes Martin Prew.

Flood of new matrics besiege varsities

11 Jan 2011 15:22 - Ryan Hoffmann
Two Johannesburg universities were flooded this week by unprecedented numbers of students seeking late admission.

Mistakes in matric report, says education dept

07 Jan 2011 12:37 - Staff Reporter
Mistakes had cropped up in the national 2010 matric report and at least three schools listed with a zero pass had in fact passed, the government said.
'No idea of the quality of matric passes'

'No idea of the quality of matric passes'

06 Jan 2011 17:40 - Faranaaz Parker
The national pass rate for last year's matrics was 67,8%, a dramatic improvement on the 2009 pass rate of just 60,7%.
Take a bow, class of 2010

Take a bow, class of 2010

06 Jan 2011 16:34 - Staff Reporter
The matric class of 2010 have shrugged off setbacks from a month-long World Cup break and a teacher strike to record a rise in the national pass rate.
Zuma, unions laud matric results

Zuma, unions laud matric results

06 Jan 2011 12:07 - Staff Reporter
The 2010 matric results showed the country was on the right track, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Matric pass rate 'a significant achievement'

Matric pass rate 'a significant achievement'

06 Jan 2011 09:26 - Staff Reporter
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has described the matric pass rate of 67,8% as a "significant achievement".
Matric pass rate up

Matric pass rate up

06 Jan 2011 07:35 - Staff Reporter
More than 67% of matrics passed last year's exams -- up from 60,7% in 2009, the basic education ministry announced in Pretoria on Thursday.

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