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Learner excels after long journey
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
Artisans are in short supply and colleges and apprenticeships are a viable alternative to a university qualification
Matric is not the be-all and end-all of achieving one’s potential
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
This week, Bongekile Macupe looks at the provinces’ motivations for the excess workload put on matric students
Delayed supp exams raise red flag
Educators say the state’s Second Chance programme doesn’t provide enough support to pupils who failed matric
Letters to the editor: January 13 to 19 2017
Readers write in about teacher tests, and matric results.
Class of 2016’s mixed bag of results
Pass rates are too simplistic a measure to show the true state of SA’s education system.
Matric marks adjusted only if necessary
Standardisation eliminates discrepancies that have nothing to do with pupils’ abilities.
Matric ‘cheats’ let off the hook after two years of legal wrangling
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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