Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Image: X/Gauteng Education.
Matric Class of 2023 achieves 82.9% pass rate, KZN makes history
Free State is the leading province with 89% followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 86% in the Matric Class of 2023.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Image: X/Gauteng Education.
The Matric Class of 2023 who wrote the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams achieved an overall 82.9% pass rate.
This was revealed by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga when she announced the results on Thursday evening in Randburg.
MATRIC CLASS OF 2023 RESULTS ANNOUNCED
Over 890 000 full-time and part-time candidates wrote the NSC exam in 2023.
The official pass rate for the class of 2023 was 82.9% which is up from 80.1% in 2022. Motshekga was pleased to announce that all provinces had pass rates above the 75% mark.
Free State is the leading province with 89% (for five years in a row) and is surprisingly followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 86.4%. Over the years it was Gauteng, Free State and Western Cape who were always among the top three best-performing provinces.
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PROVINCIAL PERFORMANCE
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IEB RESULTS
The Independent Examination Board (IEB) results for the Matric Class of 2023 were released earlier. Here’s how the learners performed:
In a statement the IEB revealed it has achieved an overall pass rate 98,46% in the National Senior Certificate, a slight 0,04% increase from 2022 where is achieved 98,42%.
Of the 15 186 learners that wrote the end of year exams,
- 88.59% of the matric class of 2023 achieved a degree pass β compared to 89.32% in 2022;
- 8.31% achieved a diploma pass β compared to 7.52% in 2022; and
- 1.57% achieved a higher certificate pass β the same level recorded in 2022.
