Students who wrote the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) exams last month achieved a near perfect pass rate.
The IEB states that a close 98.38 per cent of the full-time students passed with the ability to study a bachelor’s degree, diploma or higher certificate level.
More than 85 per cent of the class of 2014 gained entry to a degree, 11.56 per cent for a diploma study and nearly 99 per cent of the matriculants who wrote the IEB exams last month passed and achieved a good enough grade to enter tertiary study.
According to the IEB, 98.38 per cent of the 9 976 full-time and 475 part-time candidates passed with marks good enough to study a bachelor’s degree, diploma or higher certificate level.
Over 85 per cent of pupils who wrote the exam this year achieved entry to degree study, while 11.56 per cent qualified for entry to diploma study and 1.37 per cent achieved entry for study at the higher certificate level.
There were 396 more candidates who wrote this year’s exams, compared to those who sat last year.
Pupils from 191 schools across South Africa wrote IEB exams in 2014.
“The key role of education is to provide young people with the capabilities beyond academic prowess that make them rounded citizens who engage constructively and meaningfully with their world,” CEO of the independent board, Anne Oberholzer said.
