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Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that most provinces in the country have achieved improved matric pass rates. 

Only three out of the nine provinces achieved lower matric pass rates, namely the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape. 

The Eastern Cape achieved the lowest pass rate with 58.1% down from 58.3% in 2010. The Northern Cape achieved a 68.8% pass rate, down from 72.3% achieved in 2010. KwaZulu-Natal achieved 68.1%, down from 70.7% in 2010, showing a decline of 2.6%. 

The Western Cape, Gauteng, North West, Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo all achieved improved pass rates.

The Western Cape registered the highest pass rate with 82.9% up from 76.8% in 2009, an improvement of 6.1%. 

Gauteng achieved an 81.1% pass rate, up from 78.6% in 2010, an improvement of 2.5%. 

The North West achieved 77.8%, up from 75.7%, and improvement of 2.1%. 

The Free State achieved 75.7% up from 70.7%, an improvement of 5.0%.

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Posted by Motlatsi - 05:50 on 10 January 2012

I'm worried about EC education. Our education leadership is more actively involved in politics. Also SG is always terminating the services of temporal educators. For example last learners didn't get educators for the whole first quarter.

Posted by NIco - 18:47 on 07 January 2012

Pity the departmental officers are more concerned about lining their own pockets, than making sure the children receive a f\good education. Corruption in this Department is THE ONLY thing to be blamed!

Posted by Mthi - 09:44 on 05 January 2012

I do believe the fact that we started last year with bare minimun in terms of educators contributed a great deal to the decline in our pass rate, most schools, sadly black poor schools, finished the first quarter without offering some subjects as the (temporary) educators who were offering the subject were dismissed. I am all for saving costs and all but i think the price our BLACK kids pay at the end of the day is way too much, cause lets face it- Ex model C schools afford to hire educators privately and pay them with SGB funds which is a luxury our black schools can only dream of. One cannot help but wonder if we will not be sitting at this same seat Jan 2013 as we have once again terminated the services of temp educators without a substantive back up plan...we shall have to wait and see.

Posted by Nandipha - 09:42 on 05 January 2012

I am worried about the Eastern Cape, The Miniser together with SADTU and Principals must seeto it that this year things get to change. They must brainstorm ways to improve education in the Eastern Cape and that must done now not 2 months later BUT NOW. I am part of the EC and this is not good at all, Students, Teachers, Parents, the communities, and the Principals must forsee that this DISASTER do not strike again!