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For too long, government has relied on contact learning. Covid-19 has exposed the folly of government dragging its feet in ensuring public schools incorporate e-learning into their curricula, writes
Calvin Matlou.
On 22 February 2021, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that the 2020 matric class achieved a 76.2% pass rate, which is a 5.1% decline from the 81.3% pass rate of 2019.
Though the pass rate declined, the results are commendable considering the difficult year 2020 was, with Covid-19 arriving on our shores, forcing the government to implement lockdown measures to curb its spread.
This saw many pupils in the public schooling system losing out on a lot of learning time, as they did not have the resources to continue learning remotely. For those learners that had access to internet services had to contend with teachers and parents who are digitally challenged, leaving them to rely on themselves for any semblance of learn
LIVE FEED: Basic Education Minister announces 2020 Matric pass rate
By Zodidi Dano
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to announce the matric National Senior Certificate pass rate today at 4pm.
The Class of 2020 sat for their NSC examinations on November 5 and concluded their exams on December 17, following two rewrites of the Mathematics paper 2 and Physical Sciences paper 2 after they were leaked.
Despite these leaks, the NSC examinations were still set to the satisfaction of the Umalusi, the Quality Council for General and Further Education and Training.
Last week, the council gave the Department of Basic Education the greenlight to release the results on February 23.
Matric results: Itâs a hat trick for the Buckland triplets as they bag more than 20 distinctions
By Norman Cloete
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It is not immediately clear if the drop in the Independent Examination Boardâs (IEB) 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) pass rate, is the impact of Covid-19. While the numbers are being crunched thereâs jubilation around the country as thousands of IEB learners celebrate their matric results.
IEB candidates achieved a 98.07% pass rate, slightly lower than last year s pass rate of 98.82%.
The IEB and the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA) said despite a challenging 2020, the achievements of their matriculants should be lauded. The board saw a decline in its schooling population with several learners withdrawing from the year and postpone completion of Grade 12 until 2021. It said 12 024 full-time and 1139 part-time candidates completed the matric exams.