GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - The national and provincial pass rates for the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams will be announced on Monday 13 January 2025.
The national results event, which will be held in Gauteng, will also recognise individual candidates who have achieved outstanding results at the national level.
Western Cape Education Minister David Maynier says while the percentage pass rate is an important indicator when assessing the matric results, other indicators such as the quality and quantity of passes must also be considered.
"This gives a far better picture of improving learning outcomes in the Western Cape. These indicators include the number of candidates achieving a bachelor's pass, the number of candidates writing and passing, and reducing the number of underperforming schools.
"We hope to improve our overall pass rate of 81.5% achieved in 2023 and our bachelor's pass rate of 42.2% in 2023, and in both cases, we also hope to improve the number of candidates who achieved these results," says Maynier in a statement issued today, 12 January.
In the 2023 matric exams, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) achieved the top Mathematics pass rate of 75.4% and the top Physical Science pass rate of 82.2%.
Maynier says the department would like to see improved results in these areas, but will also focus on the quality of passes for these subjects.
Individual candidate results released on Tuesday at 10:00
The individual candidate results for Western Cape learners will be released at schools and on the WCED website on Tuesday 14 January at 10:00.
"While our matrics await their individual results, we urge them to remember that there are options for those candidates that did not achieve their desired results. We encourage all learners who did not pass their exams not to give up and to continue doing whatever they can to complete Grade 12," says Maynier.
They can apply for a re-mark or re-check if they do not feel their results reflect their performance, or write the exams in June. More information on these options is available on the WCED website.
There are also measures in place to receive counselling for matrics who are disappointed with their results, either by approaching their school, which will put them in touch with the relevant officials in the district offices, or by phoning the Safe Schools Hotline on 0800 45 46 47.
"We wish all of our matrics the best of luck for the release of the results," says Maynier.
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