The Eastern Cape had the most-improved performance, and the Free State achieved its top spot in the provincial pecking order
With an 81.3% pass rate, the 2019 class has shown improvement, even in provinces with traditionally poor results
With 12-million students in 26 000 schools, the education system is under pressure to teach the next generation. Education minister says it’s working
Artisans are in short supply and colleges and apprenticeships are a viable alternative to a university qualification
The National Development Plan wants children to go to school earlier. Will the country’s provinces be ready to meet the start date in 2024?
The metric is poorly understood and is an inadequate standard by which to rate our education system
After years of under-performance, the province has shown that things can change for the better
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the country is moving closer to its goals
Some of the country’s top learners didn’t realise they had done so well
More matric learners are writing and passing the IEB exams
Assessments show that a more advanced maths curriculum improves learners’ results, including those of weaker pupils
The development and investment in teachers shouldn’t be an option but completely necessaty
Readers write in about teacher tests, and matric results.
The basic education department will beef up its results by pushing through learners and testing the ability of aspirant principals
The majority of the schools are from KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 schools had no national senior certificate passes.
An academic explains why the national pass rate is not an accurate reflection of the country’s education system.
Angie Motshekga on Wednesday night said she was pleased with the results of the 2016 cohort. But what should we remember from this class?
More schools achieved a 100% pass rate in 2016 compared to 2015.
The national and provincial education departments to focus all their energies on assisting pupils in the crucial foundation phase.
Year after year, when the matric results are published, the problem of failing schools is raised and then forgotten – but not by those pupils.
The new curriculum has presented serious challenges, but experts are confident that a good base has been formed and the pass rate will rise.
The national matric pass rate has dropped by 2.5%, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced on Monday.
Students who succeeded in the IEB National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination achieved a 98.38% pass rate, and all qualify for tertiary study.
What would happen if the pass mark was suddenly raised to 50% in all six subjects?
The Independent Examinations Board matriculants of 2013 have achieved a pass rate of 98.56%, an increase from last year’s 98.2%.
Umalusi has apologised for the question relating to baby rape in the dramatic arts matric examination, saying it was in poor taste.
Umalusi says it has successfully delivered on its mandate as a quality council and has approved the release of the national matric results.
The Correctional Services department has reported a total of 79.25% of prisoners who wrote national senior certificate examinations passed in 2012.
Students who did not pass their matric have until January 21 to register for a re-marking or re-checking.
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.
Education Minister Angie Motshekga has asked the country to believe that 73.9% of grade 12s are sufficiently literate and numerate to pass matric.
The Western Cape says matriculants will receive their results on time even though the department of basic education misreported the aggregate numbers.