Learners celebrate finally finishing high school
Matric results 2024 are out, and here is a look at the top five performing schools in Alexandra
It is with an appreciation for how the future of South Africa is shaping up that this publication congratulates the matriculation Class of 2024 from Alexandra.
The National Senior Certificate (NSC) results released on January 14 revealed the top-performing schools in Alex.
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Realogile with a pass rate of 89.8%, Kwabhekilanga (86.4%), and Alexandra (83.8%) were the top three high schools followed by
East Bank (81.5%) and Minerva Secondary (76.7%).
Alexandra High
At Alex High, a jovial teacher Boitumelo Morapedi celebrated his geography matric class achieving nine distinctions in the subject.
Morapedi explained that he got permission from the school’s governing body to host geography matriculants at the school for a school-based intervention camp programme to support learning.
“We hosted learners here at the school, where they slept from July to September before they wrote their preliminaries – and most of them improved,” said Morapedi. “That’s when I started announcing that there would be more learners with distinctions in geography.”
The initiative paid off for his Class of 2024.
“Lucky enough, we got nine distinctions, with a lot of level five and six passes – so the quality [of subject passes] is amazing. We improved from a 70% subject pass rate in 2023. Because of the camp, we have an 87% subject pass rate, which is even higher than the school’s overall average.”
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Realogile High
Spirits were high at Realogile High School on the day as learners came to collect their matric certificates. Several matriculants at the top-performing school were asked to share their plans for the year and to predict where they would be in life over the next decade.
Obedience Ramadzhia shared his plan to go study psychology at the University of Western Cape towards someday playing his own role in helping members of the Alex community.
“I’d like to empower people, prevent suicide and teenage pregnancy, and to understand the minds of the youth,” Obedience said.
Here is what two of his classmates had to say:
Alicia Nengwekhulu matriculated with distinctions in life sciences, English, Tshivenda and life orientation: I plan to study computer sciences this year. I want to see myself owning my own tech company someday soon.
Tshepang Kekana: For this year, I see myself in varsity, staying in res, and enjoying university life. Based on my results, in five years I’ll either be an engineer, a doctor, or a nurse, depending on my score.
Marlboro Gardens High School
A stone’s throw from Alexandra, in the neighbouring community of Marlboro Gardens, the local high school attained a whopping 98.9% pass rate, matriculating the most learners from both communities in the Johannesburg East District 9 schooling region.
Matric results in Gauteng
Of the 930 Gauteng schools registered to matriculate learners in 2024, 782 learning institutions produced pass rates of between 80% and 100%. This means that 84.1% of schools in Gauteng promoted learners who did exceedingly well in their final year of high school.
Facts about the national matric results of 2024
- 615 429 candidates attained the NSC – more than any other year in the country’s history
- 337 158 learners achieved bachelor’s degree passes, of which 67% come from quintile 1 to 3 schools (typically found in the country’s poorer communities). This marks a 6.9% increase in the number of bachelor’s degree passes achieved in 2023 and a notable improvement in the performance of quintile 1 to 3 schools
- 3 321 learners with special education needs obtained bachelor’s degree passes
- The number of distinctions achieved this year increased by more than 65 000 from 2023, with every province improving in the number of distinctions achieved
- More high schools achieved a pass rate of between 80% and 100% than in 2023 with the number of underperforming high schools decreasing
- Every province improved on its performance from 2023 and achieved a pass rate above 80%
- 73 out of 75 education districts achieved pass rates above 80%.
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