10 January 2020
On Wednesday the 2019 matriculation results were released in South Africa.
Previously under-performing public schools whose principals had attended the SA Schools Centre of Excellence Programme achieved as follows:
52% of schools enjoyed over 70% of their learners gaining a Bachelor or Diploma pass. (In South Africa a Bachelors pass enables university admission and a Diploma pass provides admission to a technical university). This is a big deal!
51% of the schools enjoyed over 90% of learners gaining a National Senior Certificate (NSC) pass. This is also a significant achievement.
12% of the schools enjoyed 100% of their learners gaining a NSC pass. Another big deal!
In the Free State Province 90% of learners gained a NSC while 74% of those who wrote obtained a Bachelor or Diploma pass.
Learners in the Northern and Eastern Cape provinces also achieved significantly higher results.
The percentage of learners gaining a NSC and a Bachelor or Diploma pass in the Eastern and Northern Cape Provinces increased dramatically.
Province |
2015 |
2019 |
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Percent learners gaining a NSC |
Percent learners gaining a Bachelor or Diploma |
Percent learners gaining a NSC |
Percent learners gaining a Bachelor or Diploma |
Northern Cape (John Taolo Gaetsewe District) |
58 |
39 |
81 |
63 |
Eastern Cape |
46 |
28 |
71 |
52 |
The above achievements deserve immense praise as 96% of the schools trained in the Free State, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape are situated in rural areas or townships.