Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube on Monday, announced the 87.3% pass rate of the Matric Class of 2024. Picture: Simon Majadibodu / IOL
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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube announced that the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric class achieved a pass rate of 87.3%.
She said this was a year-on year increase.
In 2023, the pass rate was 82.9%, and in 2022 it was 80.1%. In 2021, the pass rate was 76.4%.
Gwarube said every province achieved above 84% pass rate.
On Monday night, Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube announced the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric results which showed a historic pass rate of 87.3%
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"At a provincial level, I am pleased to announce that every province improved on its performance from 2023 and every province achieved above 84%," Gwarube said.
Free State is the best performing province at 91%, increasing its pass rate from 89% in 2023.
KwaZulu-Natal was the second best performing province with a pass rate of 89.5%, an increase of 3.2% from 2023.
Gauteng was at number three, and increased its pass rate to 88.4% in 2024 from 85.4% in 2023.
North West was number 4 with 87.5%, which represents an increase of 5.9% from 2023.
The Western Cape was fifth with a pass rate of 86.6%, which represents an increase of 5% from 2023.
She said the three remaining provinces all received a "rounded off pass rate of 85%".
Limpopo came in at number 6, with a pass rate of 85.01%. This represents an increase of 5.5% from 2023.
Mpumalanga was number seven with a pass rate of 84.99% - a significant increase of 8% from 2023.
Eastern Cape achieved a pass rate of 84.98% and came in at number 8 with a 3.6% increase from 2023.
Northern Cape was number 9 with a 84.2% pass rate.
"It is also important to add that the Northern Cape is the most improved province."
The Northern Cape saw and increase of 8.3% from 2023.
KwaZulu-Natal achieved the highest number of Bachelor passes with over 84,000.
Gauteng achieved over 66,000 and the Eastern Cape over 45,000.
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These are the 39 top-achievers of the Matric Class of 2024 as the nation and fellow learners await their results on Monday.
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The ceremony will be held in Randburg, Johannesburg where top achievers will also be announced. Parents, guardians, teachers and all education departments across will be present.
The 2024 results follow a legal battle between the Information Regulator (IR) and the department that the results should not be published.
The results will indicate whether the Class of 2024 has improved on the 82.9% pass rate from the Class of 2023.
The 2023 group recorded the highest rate since the dawn of democracy. The overall matric pass rate for 2022 was recorded at 80.1%, reflecting a 3.7% increase compared to the pass rate achieved by the Class of 2021.
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