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Worst-performing Eastern Cape moving
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The Eastern Cape's 2012 matric results were "one step backwards and two steps forward", provincial education MEC Mandla Makupula said on Thursday."The 2012 matric results depict one thing: we have taken one step backward and two steps forward, moving along with ordinary people," Makupula said in a statement.
He was proud of the improved pass rate for the province, the worst performer in South Africa, to 61.6%, from 58.1% in 2011. He said the last time the province got more than 60% was in 2003, when it managed 61.1%.
Several districts showed big improvements, in particularly Libode with a pass rate of 59.4%, up from 19.5% in 2011. Butterworth had an increase of 8.1% to 53.9% in 2012. Sterkspruit improved 8% to 56.1%. The top performing districts were Cofimvaba, with a pass rate of 72.5%, Cradock with a pass rate of 72.3%, and Maluti with 71.9%.
The three worst performing districts were Fort Beaufort with 44.7%, Qumbu with 49.1% and Mt Frere with 49.6%. Makupula said while several districts improved their passes, other saw substantial drops. The largest of these was Qumbu, dropping 10.3% to 49.1%.
Makupula said there were 30 schools in the province with a 100% pass rate. Eleven schools had a pass rate of 10% or below. The three lowest performers were Dlulisa Senior Secondary School in Butterworth, with 4.5%, Mpingana in Lusikisiki with 4.7%, and Dilizintaba with a 5.3% matric pass rate.
"For the first time in many years, there are no schools with a zero percent pass rate," Makupula.
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Reader's Comments
Posted by zirba - 15:39 on 13 March 2013
Please Mec and you colleagues in power do not drop the standard of education when implemmenting your unilateral decesions.your government has tendency of smearing teaching profession for the whole 2 decades.If this is a trend you will find yourself leading your colleagues not the matured communities.
Posted by Vuyisile Mlindazwe - 08:26 on 14 January 2013
It seems that white schools are still leading and priviledge disadvantage schools are still in disadvantage. why? after so many years of democracy.Is it true that is a lack of leadership particularly in EC Or this is a department that corruption is practicise instead of building the culture of learning and teaching.? my advice to minister first market deprtmet of educ so that young people will see the need to take teaching as their career,secondly give them money to study,support must not only go to best school it must go to poor schools,suport must not only go to former Ciskiens only it must go to former Transkeins too. I think it will wise if all the trainee soldiers will be given proper logistic to fight for the just war.
Posted by Lumkile - 12:26 on 10 January 2013
Mna ndiyavuyisana neziphumo ezincomekayo zephondo lase Mpuma Koloni, ndisithi kwananjalo kubalawuli nesebe lemfundo le Mpuma Koloni mabakhe babajonge abantu abaphuma kumanye amaphondo abeze kukhangela amathuba emisebenzi apho, kuba kunala Maphondo kuthiwa aqhuba kakuhle kwezemfundo, kanti asetyenzelwa sithi bantu be Mpuma Koloni. Sinqwenela ukubuya sizekunyusa umgangathi wemfundo apho. Lumkilex@gmai.com
Posted by Andile Simppie - 13:31 on 07 January 2013
I am very sure we are almost recovering,it is a matter of time.It is time that we recruit good managers for our institutions for growth,stability and progress.
Posted by XAZI - 18:51 on 04 January 2013
This MEC is telling lies, two schools in the province got zero % !! Hayi maan sudlala ngathi !!
Posted by jozef - 09:37 on 04 January 2013
Hayi bo minister, according to the national department technical report http://www.education.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=KWigKMgX1zE%3d&tabid=358&mid=1325 see page 3 there is a school that obtained zero percent pass rate from the Eastern Cape.
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