Matric results: Tshwane South district is top in SA
The Gauteng provincial legislature’s speaker, Ntombi Mekgwe, has congratulated the grade 12 class of 2021 in Gauteng for achieving an outstanding 82.8% pass rate.
Tshwane South District, with a pass rate of 89.3%, is the top performing district in South Africa.
This was announced by the basic education department on Thursday evening.
Motheo in the Free State was the second highest performing district with 87.9%, Fezile Dabi in the Free State was third (87.5%) and Johannesburg West fourth (86.5%).
The top schools and learners were announced by the Gauteng education department in a briefing on Friday morning.
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The Gauteng provincial legislature’s speaker, Ntombi Mekgwe, has congratulated the grade 12 class of 2021 in Gauteng for achieving an outstanding 82.8% pass rate.
“The grade 12 class of 2021 has demonstrated remarkable resilience and kept the province’s flag high by achieving great results, despite the negative impact caused by the Covid-19 pandemic which led to disruptions and restrictions in the past two academic years,” Mekgwe said in a statement.
“The outstanding performance can be attributed to the learners’ commitment to their studies as well as the many dedicated educators, officials, school governing bodies, parents and all stakeholders who remained committed to the development and prosperity of our province by providing support in our schooling system,” Mekgwe said.
“As an institution, the Gauteng provincial legislature (GPL) will continue to provide support to the education sector in the province by providing oversight on commitments made by the provincial government to improve the quality of education in the province.
“Through the Portfolio Committee on Education, the GPL will continue to hold the provincial MEC for education accountable on all education-related matters.
“We congratulate MEC Panyaza Lesufi and his department on a job well done.”
While releasing the national results, basic education minister Angie Motshekga said the 2021 NSC overall pass rate, with the progressed learners included, stands at 76.4%.
“This is an improvement of 0.2% from the pass rate achieved by the class of 2020,” the minister said. “KZN and Gauteng contributed the most Bachelor passes in the combined Bachelor passes of 117 704, which is equivalent to 46.0% of the overall Bachelor passes nationally.”
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