The decline in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric maths pass rate is not the result of a sudden collapse in ...

Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube has announced that the National Senior Certificate (NSC) pass rate for the country ...

In 2025, the national Mathematics pass rate, calculated at the very low threshold of 30%, declined from 69% to 64%.

As Alexandra celebrates the matric Class of 2025, concern grows over the surge in learners choosing mathematical literacy. While the subject boosts pass rates, education leaders warn it could close ...

EFF STATEMENT ON 2025 MATRIC RESULTS. Monday, 12 January 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) proudly congratulates the ...

Fewer than 10 000 pupils in the country got distinctions for maths and only 1.2% of those who wrote the simpler version of maths literacy got a distinction. Hinting the matric pass rate would increase ...

A letter circulated on social media saying matriculants will have to rewrite a maths exam is a fake, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) says. The fake letter looked like it was written on an ...

JUST one in five matrics achieves a pass of more than 50 percent in their maths and science exams. And more than half of these matric pupils have failed in the last five years. These figures are ...

The quality of matric mathematics has been heavily criticised by many experts. Head of Department of the Wits School of Mathematics Betsie Jonck previously told MyBroadband that students are entering ...

The 2023 matric results are dominating conversations in South Africa, as they have each year in the past. They are one of the traditional measures of education progress and quality, and deservedly ...

The national matric maths and physical science pass rates both saw an increase in 2016. In 2015, the maths pass rate dipped below the 50% mark, after only 49.1% of pupils across the country who wrote ...