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Matric results: The 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) overall pass rate stands at 76.4% – an improvement of 0.2% from the pass rate achieved by the Class of 2020.
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Matric results 2021
Pass rate confirmed
Announcing the outcomes of the 2021 NSC examination results on Thursday, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekg said this represents a record of 537, 687 candidates who passed the 2021 NSC examinations.
This is an improvement of 21.9% passes from 2020. The overall pass rate of the class of 2021 is 76.4%, which is an improvement of 0.2%.
The marking process was handled by the Department of Basic Education (DBE)’s 193 marking centres and 41,000 examination markers between 8 and 22 December 2021.
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POPIA controversy
The Department of Basic Education initially announced that no matric results will appear on any public platforms this year due to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
DBE spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said this meant the rights of privacy when it came to the collection, retention, dissemination, and use of personal information of students had to be adhered to and respected.
“In order to comply with the provisions of the POPIA, the usual practice of publishing the national senior certificate (NSC) results on public platforms (media platforms) will not occur for 2021.”
AfriForum wins court case
However, the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of AfriForum and ordered the Department of Education to publish matric results in newspapers.
“[Education Minister, Angie Motshekga] is ordered to publish the National Senior Certificate [NSC] results on public platforms as was the practice in previous years, concurrently with making available the results to the schools that had been attended by the [pupils],” the judgement read.
The department was also ordered to pay the costs of AfriForum and two other parties involved in the case.
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Additional reporting by Vhahangwele Nemakonde, compiled by Cheryl Kahla.
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