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Thinking caps: The class of 2014 was the first group on the new syllabus to matriculate.

Education must work with change

There will always be a need for improvement, and our teachers and principals must learn to adapt.

‘Dubious’ moves fog 2014 results

The public needs information about part-time matric results to monitor the system’s success.

IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Value of education is measured in the labour market

The success of our education is less about passes, but more about how many can participate in the economy, writes Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Five minute guide: Matric results 2014

Need a snapshot of how the matrics of 2014 did in their exams? Here it is.

Angie Motshekga provided no understanding of the facts around the cheating in the matric exams of 2014.

Best response to a cheating scandal? Completely confuse everybody

The conflicting statements about cheating during the 2014 matric exams equals complete national confusion.

It’s a waiting game for 2023 matric results within a seriously challenged education system

Angie fails the test for accountability

Government remains mute about missing results and the Eastern Cape’s teacher debacle.

As hundreds of thousands of matrics eagerly looked for their final exam marks

Angie fails the test for accountability

Government remains mute about missing results and the Eastern Cape’s teacher debacle.

Editorial: Matric 2014 a blaze of confusion

The decline in the matric pass rate is not nearly enough as the first matric students graduate under the "Caps" curriculum.

Money is an impediment but so too is the lack of political will, accountability and quality teacher training and support

Motshekga sows confusion about pushing up pupils

Education experts fear a new proposal not to advance those who do not pass grades in the final phase will be counterproductive.

Matric pass-rate drop disappointing but understandable

The new curriculum has presented serious challenges, but experts are confident that a good base has been formed and the pass rate will rise.