Matric Results: Minister impressed by prisoners’ pass rate

Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced the pleasing pass rate by prisoners from the Class of 2022.

PRISONERS DELIVER AT THE MATRIC EXAMS OF 2022

During the announcement of the NSC results today, Thursday 19 January, an impressed Angie delivered the progress report on the prisoners’ performance.

“Equally impressive, we had one hundred and seventy-one (171) young people in correctional facilities, who wrote the 2022 NSC exams as full-time candidates; and one hundred and two (102), who wrote the same exams as part-time candidates. One hundred and sixty-four (164) full-time candidates, and thirty-eight (38) part-time candidates, passed the 2022 NSC exams.”

Minister Angie Motshekga

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UNPACKING THE PASS RATE FOR THE CLASS OF 2022

She added that one hundred and five (105) of the full-time candidates, and seventeen (17) of the part-time candidates, obtained Bachelor passes; forty-three (43) of the full-time candidates, and thirteen (13) of the part-time candidates, obtained Diploma passes; and sixteen (16) of the full-time candidates, as well as eight (8) part-time candidates, obtained Higher Certificate passes.

“Therefore, 95.9% of the full-time candidates, and 37.3% part-time candidates in correctional facilities, who wrote the 2022 NSC exams, passed,” she announced.

She further said one hundred and forty-two (142) young people in correctional facilities passed with distinctions.

The Department of Correctional Services in KZN had a total of 53 candidates who sat for the 2022 NSC Examinations, with Westville Correctional Facility, Usethubeni School, having 20 candidates who wrote the examination.

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SOCIAL GRANTS TO HELP OFFENDERS AFTER MATRIC

“These are the young people, who unfortunately found themselves on the wrong side of the law, who in their future lives, could be judges – the same profession that gave them jail sentences, doctors, and other critical professionals needed by our country. Honourable Ministers Lindiwe Zulu and Ronald Lamola will surely speak about the impact of social grants and restorative justice on the beneficiaries of these progressive programmes, who were part of the Class of 2022. What a great story to tell!!”

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