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Matric results: South Africa’s record school pass rates aren’t what they seem – what’s really happening in the education system

February 08, 2024
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By Michael Le Cordeur (Special to Black Headline News) South Africa’s matric (grade 12) class of 2023, which wrote final school-leaving exams late last year, has been hailed by the country’s minister of basic education for achieving “extraordinary” results. Of the 691,160 candidates who wrote the National Senior Certificate exams, 82.9% – that’s 572,983 – passed,

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