Tshwane North District honours top achievers
Most learners who excelled in their matric exams were from schools in townships and rural areas in the Tshwane North District.
The Tshwane North District recently honoured its top achievers at the 2022 Matric Awards ceremony at HTS John Vorster, Pretoria Moot.
Those honoured included 52 learners and 31 schools, and the celebration happened after the matric pass rate in the district improved slightly in 2022 compared to 2021.
“The district’s pass rate improved by 0.26% but we are proud to say that, with the instability of the past years, we managed to obtain the current pass rate percentage,” Tshwane North district director Thea Coetser said.
The district’s current pass rate is at 83.5% and 43.8% of learners achieved bachelors, 28% diplomas and 38% distinctions.
Coetser announced that most learners who had excelled in their matric were from lower level schools, mostly found in the townships and rural areas.
“In the education system, we have quintiles with quintile 5 being our most affluent schools and quintile 1 the neediest schools.”
She said in quintile 1 they had 14 schools, quintile 2 five schools, quintile 3 four schools, quintile 4 seven schools and quintile 5 had 14 schools.
“Most learners celebrated at the event are coming from quintile 1 to 3,” she said, adding that it was amazing to witness their outstanding achievements despite coming from a disadvantaged background.
Among the district’s successes, five schools including Hoërskool Overkruin, Gereformeerde Skool Dirk Postma, Soshanguve Secure Centre, Iona Covent School and Hoërskool Oos-Moot obtained a 100% pass rate.
In circuits category, the top 3 learners in circuit 1 were Marich Smal of Hoërskool Overkruin (first place), followed by Miske Renette of Gereformeerde Skool Dirk Postma and Neo Makhubela of DC Marvate Secondary School in the second and third respectively.
In circuit 2, the top 3 were Siyabonga Mahlangu of Botse-Botse Secondary, Neo Mailola of Botse-Botse Secondary and Mthetheleli Mbatha of Memezelo Secodary who took first place, second and third respectively.
Andile Mashabane of Ramabele Secondary, Oratilwe Kotu of Tipfuxeni Secondary and Jeremias Lebipi of Tipfuxeni Secondary were crowned the top three learners in circuit 3. Mashabane, Kotu and Lebipi took first, second and third spots respectively.
The top 3 learners in circuit 4 were Naledi Chirindi of Sikhululekile Secondary, Pholoso Moremi of Boitshepo Secondary and Tshepi Mokomele of Makgetse High School.
The district had massive success in some subjects with Andile Mashabane of Ramabele Secondary School achieving 100% in Accounting. Mashabane was also crowned the overall top learner in the district after obtaining a total of 92.3% in her overall performance.
Neo Makhubela of DC Marivate secondary school, Bathuel Kubyana of Makgetse secondary school, Boikanyo Khoza of Modilati secondary school, Balaotse Kenalepe of Moditela secondary school and Jeremias Lebipi of Tipfuxeni secondary school all achieved 100% in mathematics.
Khoza and Tebatso Dilebo of Tipfuxeni secondary school both obtained 100% in physical science.
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