DUNDEE KZN: Matric results 2020 – a year like no other

A challenge for the Class of 2021 has been set

February 25, 2021

T Worley 1 minute read

Umzinyathi Mayor Ngubane with MEC Mavimbela at the function where the Matric results for the area were announced.

The Class of 2020 were certainly up against the odds because of the disruptions caused to schooling because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

No schools in the immediate Endumeni area achieved a 100% pass rate. Sarel Cilliers High was the best performing school with 140 out of the 142 candidates who wrote passing, giving them a 98,6% pass rate.

They were followed by Dundee High, 96,1%, Ebusi Combined School 88,7%, Enyanyeni Secondary 76,9%, Ethangeni Combined 76,9%, Boschkloof Combined 75%, Thalana Secondary 74,7%, ML Sultan Glencoe Secondary 60%, Dundee Secondary 53,7% and Sebenzakusakhanya Secondary 47,4%. Qhobo School in the Babanango area achieved a 100% pass rate with all 26 candidates passing.

Umzinyathi finished bottom out of the 12 education districts with a pass rate of 72,6% and MEC Mavimbela has set a challenge for the Class of 2021 to achieve an 80% pass.

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