The South African Democratic Teachers Union alleges schools are pressuring learners in grade 10 and upwards to drop maths to protect overall matric pass rates
Quality assurer Umalusi said it found no discrepancies during its evaluation of the 2024 NSC examinations
It’s detractors say the party has accepted the 30% pass because it is enjoying the benefits of the government of national unity
The Zero Dropout Campaign has cautioned that the department of basic education should take heed of ‘early warning signs’ to assist learners
But the quality assurer remains concerned about cheating and an increase in ‘problematic’ questions flagged by the department of high education
The class of 2023 has obtained the second-highest results in the history of the NSC, according to the basic education department
Its use ensures timeous targeted interventions to assist decision-makers, teachers and pupils
Even if you have failed, don’t lose hope. You can take steps to improve your situation
The budget is expected to increase next year to R32-billion to fund about 400 920 TVET students and 377 050 university students
Several excellent projects could be expanded immediately — for a meagre R500-million a year
The department believes it will promote equality but others say it’d be wiser to improve public schooling
The education system focuses doggedly on the National Senior Certificate and the outcome of these exams, to the detriment of students.
The basic education department proposes to reinstate an outdated qualification that is useless to pupils.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced matrics achieved a pass rate of 78.2%, with the Free State getting the top marks of 87.4%.
More than 20% of learners who heard last week that they had passed the matric exams could be left in limbo in the 2011 academic year.
SA’s quality watchdog, Umalusi, explains what it did with the 2010 matric marks.
More than 98% of candidates passed this year’s National Senior Certificate examination conducted by the Independent Examinations Board.
First-year maths and science students perform worse than their predecessors.
