20 January 2022
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that the 2021 matric pass rate is 76.4%.
This is an improvement from the 2020 pass rate of 76.2%.
The 2019 pass rate was 81.3%, and those candidates were the last to write exams before the pandemic hit.
In announcing the pass rate, Motshekga said: “It is important to remind the nation that for the past ten years, the NSC pass rates have consistently been going up from 60% in 2009, to above 70% in recent years. The Class of 2021 must be commended for maintaining this trend, despite the astronomical challenges they faced.”
With 733 198 full time candidates, this was the largest class in the history of matric exams, said the basic education department’s director-general, Mathanzima Mweli.
Matric results will be available at schools on Friday.
Source News24
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