MATRIC RESULTS 2016: KZN achieves a 66.4% pass rate
The Class of 2016 was the largest group in history to write the National Senior Certificate Matric exams
And the anxious wait is finally over.
With a loud sigh and weight lifted of the shoulders local matriculants set out spilling over with mixed emotions to receive their matric results.
The Department of Basic Education announced the 2016 National Senior Certificate examination results yesterday, Wednesday, January 4, 2017.
In an atmosphere filled with excitement and nerves the class of 2016 accessed their individual results later that evening.
The Class of 2016 was the largest group in history to write the National Senior Certificate Matric exams; the pass rate increased from 70.7 percent in 2015 to 72.5 percent in 2016.
KwaZulu Natal has achieved a national pass rate of 66.4 percent up from 60.7 percent achieved in 2015.
2016 Matric Results by numbers
717,371
The number of people who wrote the NSC exams
442,672
The number of people who passed the 2016 exams
56,926
More girls than boys wrote the 2016 exams.
74.3%
Boys passed the exams compared to 71.1% girls
| Pass rates per province | |
| 1. Free State | 88.2% |
| 2. Western Cape | 85.9% |
| 3. Gauteng | 85.1% |
| 4. North West | 82.5% |
| 5. Northern Cape | 78.7% |
| 6. Mpumalanga | 77.1% |
| 7. KZN | 66.4% |
| 8. Limpopo | 62.5% |
| 9. Eastern Cape | 59.3% |
