Motshekga praises pupils for overcoming challenges facing the country

2022 Matric pass rate up by 3.7%, with KZN best improved province

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced that the matric class of 2022 has achieved an 80,1 pass rate.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced that the matric class of 2022 has achieved an 80,1 pass rate.
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The matric class of 2022 has achieved a 80.1% pass rate, an improvement of 3.7% from 2021.

This was announced by basic education minister Angie Motshekga during the awards ceremony held in Randburg, Johannesburg, on Thursday night.

In 2021, the matric rate was 76.4% while in 2020 the pass rate stood at 76.2%. The new pass rate is slightly lower than the 2019 pass rate which was at 81.3%.

Motshekga praised the class of 2022 for overcoming the challenges posed by Covid-19.

“The Matric class of 2022 must be commended for maintaining this trend despite the astronomical challenges they faced – related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eskom’s load-shedding, and the sporadic service delivery protests,” Motshekga said.

The 2022 class performance represents a record of 580,555 candidates who passed the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, an improvement of 7.9% passes by number achieved by the class of 2021.

Motshekga said all provinces improved in terms of their overall pass and none of them performed below 70%.

Free State retained its top spot at 88.5%, an increase of 2.8% from 2021 followed by Gauteng with  84.4%, an increase of 1.6% from 2021.

KwaZulu-Natal, was the best improved province, achieved 83.0%, an increase of 6.2% from 2021.

Western Cape achieved 81.4%, an increase of 0.2% from 2021 while North West achieved at 79.8%, registering an increase of 1.6% from 2021.

The third best improved province, was the Eastern Cape, with an achievement of 77.3%, an increase of 4.2% from 2021.

Mpumalanga achieved at 76.8%, a 2.9% increase from 2021 and Northern Cape achieved at 74.2%, a 2.7% increase.

Limpopo was the second best improved province with 72.1%, a 5.3% increase from 2021.

dlaminip@sowetan.co.za


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