Overemphasis on matric results may incentivise schools to maintain high repetition rates and encourage ‘easier’ subject choices ...

South Africa has dumbed down the matric qualification so much that it has become a shadow of what it used to mean to pass the final year at school.

Is South Africa's education system winning its battle to get more students to excel in Mathematics and Physical Sciences?

With limited university space available, the Class of 2025 is urged to consider matric rewrites, vocational training and ...

The Western Cape Class of 2025 has delivered the highest matric pass rate and bachelor’s pass rate ever for our province. Western Cape MEC for Education David Maynier said the matric pass rate ...

South Africa celebrated a historic achievement this year with a matric pass rate of 87,3%. Markedly, this was the highest pass rate in three decades. While this is cause for celebration, a closer look ...

Where learners succeed, it is because leaders and educators have chosen to raise expectations, take responsibility and fight for learner outcomes, even in difficult contexts. When Kraaifontein High ...

But it says government must stop celebrating statistics while youth unemployment skyrockets and thousands of capable learners are locked out of their futures. The Motor Industry Staff Association ...

The KwaZulu-Natal government has set itself an ambitious target of 80 percent matric pass rate by 2014. "While it will be expected that the matric pass rate should substantially increase in 2010, ...

King David Victory Park has closed after 60 years despite its final matric class achieving 3.44 distinctions per learner and a 100% Bachelor’s pass rate.

South Africa just posted an 88% matric pass rate. The highest in our history. Minister Gwarube called it a return on ...

A learner from North West left Mzansi proud after confidently telling President Ramaphosa about her school’s matric pass rate and her father’s role in her studies ...