Before you drink the Kool-Aid and celebrate the matric pass rate, you might want to take a look at how many learners are actually finishing school.
The matric pass rate is expected to rise to 80% this year, but things aren’t always what they seem.
19 students have taken their own lives in India since mid-April, following the release of intermediate examination results.
The top 10 schools in the country to write the senior certificate exam boast an average of three distinctions per pupil, with Cape Town’s matrics sitting pretty.
Many have been harking on about our improved science and maths results, but if you scratch just beneath the surface you’ll find it’s not all roses.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande promised today that all poor students admitted into tertiary institutions will get funding.
Man, am I glad I’m not a 2010 matric. Sure, they got the holiday of their lives when the World Cup came along, but that was quickly followed by their teachers striking for months. It wasn’t very long after that the self-same teachers said right, let’s sit some exams. Naturally the press is alleviating the stress of this situation by telling matriculants that they won’t find jobs.