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The wait for the results of the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations is almost over. Here’s when … Image via Adobe Stock

REMINDER: Closing date for a 2022 matric exam REMARK is this week!

A reminder to all those matriculants from 2022 wishing to have an exam paper remarked that the deadline for applying to do so is this week.

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The wait for the results of the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations is almost over. Here’s when … Image via Adobe Stock

An important reminder to all those matriculants from 2022 wishing to have an exam paper (or more than one) remarked that the deadline for applying to do so is this week.

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The Department of Basic Education released the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results for the 2022 matric year in mid-January.

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The results showed a 3.7% increase in the pass rate to 80.1%.

Speaking during an address to the nation, Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga said that the 2022 cohort was the most resilient yet, facing Covid pandemic challenges and load shedding.

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The department announced that matric students have until Friday, 3 February 2023, to request a remark or recheck of their exam papers.

A remark will cost R120 per subject, while a recheck will cost R29 per subject.

Viewing of scripts may only be done after a remark or recheck of results. The closing date for applications is seven days after the release of a remark or recheck results. The fee for viewing is R234.

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Those wanting to have an exam paper remarked are urged to visit the www.education.gov.za website or check the reverse side of their exam results paper for a step by step guide as to how to proceed.

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Meanwhile, if learners wish to retake the exams or improve their results, the next opportunity will be in May/June 2023.

Additionally, students have until 8 February 2023 to register for the May/June 2023 exams and until 15 March 2023 to register for the October/November 2023 exams.

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According to the department, 922 034 matrics registered to take the exams last year, of these 87% (725 146) were full-time candidates.

The number of bachelor passes increased by 8.9%, and the number of diploma passes also improved.

Motshekga added that Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal contributed the most bachelor passes.

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Out of the 2022 matric class, 278 815 students achieved a bachelor’s pass, 197 357 (26.7%) achieved a diploma pass, and 108 159 (14.9%) achieved a higher certificate pass.

She added that the 2022 cohort was offered 12 new subject offerings, including South African Sign Language, and mechanical technologies, among others.

Motshekga detailed the size and scope of the matric examinations, listing the following figures:

  • 920,000 candidates wrote the exams
  • 162 question papers were set
  • 10.4 million question papers were printed
  • 9.8 million scripts were produced
  • 73,000 invigilators were placed across the country
  • 52,000 markers

More students (725 146) wrote in 2022 than in 2021 (703 599).

Motshekga said that all provinces improved with the following results (including progressed learners):

  1. Free State – 88.5%
  2. Gauteng – 84.4%
  3. KwaZulu-Natal – 83%
  4. Western Cape -81.4%
  5. North West – 79.8%
  6. Eastern Cape – 77.3%
  7. Mpumalanga – 76.8%
  8. Northern Cape – 74.2%
  9. Limpopo – 72.1%