Latest articles on Matric Exam Results

Learner excels after long journey

Article Bongekile Macupe - 10 Jan 2020

Sibabalwe Mkungwana did not attend school until age 10. Now she’s a top matric achiever

Matrics don’t need a degree to get a job

Article Nicola Vermooten - 7 Jan 2020

Artisans are in short supply and colleges and apprenticeships are a viable alternative to a university qualification

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Matric is not the be-all and end-all of achieving one’s potential

Article Simon Crane - 18 Dec 2019

Every year a flurry of suicides occur after matric results are announced. We need to help our children to put things in perspective

Provinces push for matric passes

Article Bongekile Macupe - 13 Sep 2019

This week, Bongekile Macupe looks at the provinces’ motivations for the excess workload put on matric students

Delayed supp exams raise red flag

Article Bongekile Macupe - 11 Jan 2019

Educators say the state’s Second Chance programme doesn’t provide enough support to pupils who failed matric

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Letters to the editor: January 13 to 19 2017

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2017

Readers write in about teacher tests, and matric results.

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Class of 2016’s mixed bag of results

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2017

Pass rates are too simplistic a measure to show the true state of SA’s education system.

Matric marks adjusted only if necessary

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jan 2017

Standardisation eliminates discrepancies that have nothing to do with pupils’ abilities.

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Matric ‘cheats’ let off the hook after two years of legal wrangling

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Nov 2016

Pupils at 18 schools were accused of copying during their matric exams, but didn’t show up for hearings. Now they are being allowed to rewrite.

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Matric exams: Umalusi finds ‘group copying’

Article Sapaxxxx - 30 Dec 2014

Monitoring body Umalusi says it is concerned about the discovery of group copying in matric examinations in two provinces in the country.

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Limpopo officials warn matrics of bogus FET colleges

Article Sapa - 12 Jan 2014

The Limpopo education department has urged matriculants to ensure the institutions where they want to study are registered.

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Nzimande defends 30% matric pass requirement

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jan 2014

Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has defended the low matric pass requirement, saying SA is becoming "dangerously elitist".

Motshekga’s omissions say a lot about matric results

Article David Macfarlane Analysis - 9 Jan 2014

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga's eloquence on the credibility of the 78.2% matric pass rate for 2013 lay more in what she did not say.

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Behind the matric results: The story of maths and science

Analysis Staff Reporter - 7 Jan 2014

South African matrics are passing at a higher rate. But this good news does not translate for the level of maths and science teaching and learning.

Matric pass rate highest yet at 78.2%

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jan 2014

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced matrics achieved a pass rate of 78.2%, with the Free State getting the top marks of 87.4%.

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