The matric class of 2023 achieved a 82.9% pass rate, up by 2.8 percentage points from 80.1% the year before. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga released the results in Randburg on Thursday night.
The number of bachelor passes increased, to 40.9% in 2023 — up from 38.4% in 2022.
While the improved 2023 matric pass rate is cause for celebration, consider the almost 500 000 children who started grade one in the same year but dropped out of school along
South Africa is on the verge of introducing a nationwide implementation of a novel school certification, the General Education Certificate (GEC), targeted at grade 9 students. Angie Motshekga, the Minister
Kunyashe, a first-grade student residing in Cape Town, South Africa, is deeply dedicated to her studies. Despite the challenging living conditions in a cramped one-room shack, barely larger than a
