Toti’s top matric pupil for 2014 is Kingsway High School’s Eran Taylor with seven As and an aggregate of 94%.
Eran results were: English – 90%, Afrikaans – 93%, maths – 97%, history – 97%, physical science – 90%, life sciences – 94% and life orientation – 97%.
“I was a bit worried about physics and English, so to have got 90% for both of them is awesome,” said the school’s Dux. “This year I’m studying medical science at the University of KZN and next year I will study something medical.”
The title of the most distinctions achieved, however belonged to Matthew Gabin, Kingsway High School’s deputy head boy, who was ecstatic to achieve eight As and an aggregate of 90.57%. He received distinctions for English, Afrikaans, maths, life orientation, dramatic arts, history, life sciences and physical science.
Lumkile Mkhize was third at Kingsway with seven As and a 90.42% aggregate.
Krystal Chetty achieved seven As and an 89.7% aggregate. “I’m overall happy with my results,” she said. “This year I will study either aeronautical or chemical engineering at Wits or UKZN.”
Kingsway enjoyed a 96.4% pass rate from its 223 matric pupils. “The failures were not unexpected and all qualified to write supplementary exams,” said Kingsway High School deputy principal, Veronika Brits.
Kuswag returned a 97.4% pass rate with only two failures.
Jeaneme Kuhn was the top pupil with a 79% aggregate and three As. “I was surprised to hear I was the top pupil at Kuswag, but I was expecting three distinctions,” she said. Jeaneme will study physiology and biochemistry in Bloemfontein this year.
Munique Oosthuizen was next best with a 78% aggregate and four As. She is, however requesting re-marks for Afrikaans and life orientation.
Angelique Janssen was third with a 77% aggregate and four As, but has requested a re-mark for Afrikaans. This year she will do a six-month acting course in Johannesburg to prepare her for an acting career in America.
Eugenie Groenewald and Chevone Badenhorst achieved five As, while Cindy Bothma returned four.
Kuswag deputy principal, Chris Hofmeyr was understandably disappointed with not achieving a 100% pass rate, but was satisfied with the results in general when compared to the national and provincial pass rate.
“We would have liked a 100% pass rate,” he said. “Our top candidate, Jeaneme Kuhn did well. She missed distinctions in some subjects by a matter of one or two percent, so perhaps with a re-mark, she could end up with six or seven As.
In the future, we would like to get back to a 100% pass rate and increase our bachelors (matric exemptions) rate.”
Principals advised parents that if their children are failing at maths or science in grade 11 to rather look at changing subjects for their matric year.
