The quality assurance council, Umalusi, made the results for candidates who wrote the National Senior Certificate examinations known on 4 January and learners from local schools awaited the results with bated breaths.
Hoërskool Standerton has a 97% pass rate and Pamela van der Merwe distinguished herself with seven distinctions with an overall average of 88,0%.
Hoërskool George Hofmeyr claimed a 100% pass rate for the 11th year and the principal, Ms Magda Kriel, was overjoyed.
“It was plenty of grace and I am grateful,” Ms Kriel said.
She was especially impressed with the 75% average obtained in Afrikaans second additional language.
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