Universities should partner with colleges to ensure new knowledge filters down to them.
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.
The system over which Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga now presides is far more stable.
Since 2004 government has emphasised qualitative passes moving away from artificial increases, writes <b>Nick Taylor</b>.
Let’s place the truth about the 2010 matric results on the table.
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/ 20 January 2011
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
Identifying three trends evident in 2010 should help legitimise the pass rate for those who remain sceptical, writes <B>Martin Prew</b>.
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/ 11 January 2011
Two Johannesburg universities were flooded this week by unprecedented numbers of students seeking late admission.
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.
The national pass rate for last year’s matrics was 67,8%, a dramatic improvement on the 2009 pass rate of just 60,7%.
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.
The 2010 matric results showed the country was on the right track, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has described the matric pass rate of 67,8% as a "significant achievement".
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.
The release of matric results for candidates who wrote the IEB exam has led to inevitable comparisons between public and private schools.
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/ 18 November 2010
The DA has laid charges with the Office of the Speaker against Mpumalanga Education Minister Reginah Mhaule over outstanding matric results.
A Soweto high school pupil hanged herself in Emndeni on Thursday after discovering she failed matric, Johannesburg police said.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has done the right thing by stepping into the matric exam mess in Mpumalanga
The 2009 matric results indicated there were problems throughout the education system, according to experts in the field.
About 60,7% of matrics passed the 2009 exams — just less than 2% down from 2008, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Thursday.
KwaZulu-Natal education minister Senzo Mchunu has outlined a plan targeting hundreds of schools that have performed badly on their matric results.
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/ 23 February 2009
Incompetence and neglect of duty were some of the contributing factors in the late release of matric results, the Education Department said on Monday.
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/ 21 January 2009
Hijacking schools for political rallies during school hours is irresponsible, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.
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/ 14 January 2009
Education Minister Naledi Pandor was not to blame for the blunder that saw thousands of matric results withheld, Sasco said on Wednesday.
Senior education officials allegedly instructed at least two teachers to inflate matric results, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.
The Department of Education has said that all 2008 National Senior Certificate candidates will have their results before schools reopen.
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/ 31 December 2008
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says the 2008 matric results showed an ”ailing education system” that needed a ”complete overhaul”.
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/ 30 December 2008
Students who did not pass their matric results should not give up hope, said the African National Congress in a statement on Tuesday.
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/ 30 December 2008
The drop in the matric pass rate from 65% last year to 62,5% is cause for concern, says the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu).
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/ 30 December 2008
Eastern Cape premier Mbulelo Sogoni was ”not happy” on Tuesday with the results that have put his province at the bottom of the 2008 matric class.
The matric exam’s exalted status drew savage fire, even as the results were celebrated.
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/ 18 December 1987
Black matric results will be announced on Christmas Eve – if all goes well, according to Department of Education and Training PRO, Edgar Posselt.