Best of the best
Zamandulo Malonde Features reporter 19 February 2021
Two Eastern Cape pupils have been named among the country’s top achievers in the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matric results.
Talia Aliber, of Kingswood College, in Makhanda, is on the national IEB commendable achievers list, while East London’s Merrifield Preparatory School and College pupil Sarah McCausland topped the outstanding achievers list.
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Independent schools record a 98% pass rate Updated
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The Independent
Examination Boardcreleased the 2020 matric results on
Friday, which show that the pass rate is slightly lower than the
2019 pass rate of 98.82%.
Learners who were
registered for full-time study accounted for 12 024, while part-time
learners accounted for 1 139.
IEB further reports
that 88.42% of the cohort achieved
entry to degree to study at universities, 8.14%
qualified for entry into diploma study, while 1.51% achieved entry at the
Higher Certificate level.
The 2020 IEB results
come after a challenging academic year for learners across the country as a
result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
CEO of the Independent Examinations Board, Anne Oberholzer, says
Missing KZN sisters found alive, confirms police Updated
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KZN police spokesperson, Thembeka Mbele explains where the children were located. The children were found in the bushes not far from their homes. At this stage, they do not have any injuries however they will be taken for medical attention as a precaution.
The Acting Provincial Commissioner for KwaZulu-Natal, Major General Thulani Gonya thanked all police officers who worked around the clock, for their dedication and commitment to ensure that these young children are reunited with their parents.
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The 18-year-olds completed their matric at Crawford International North Coast.
Zenya, who received 8 of the distinctions, says it was challenging studying during a lockdown. It was adapting to online learning in our matric year was challenging for everyone. But to do it in your final year of school is something completely different. It was a lot to take in and especially because we couldn t go back to school at the end and we decided to stay online as a precaution.
Her sister, Amera has encouraged other learners still awaiting their results to stay strong.
IEB demands ban on Al Jazeera’s broadcast
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5th February, 2021 05:25:23
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) has demanded a ban on Al Jazeera’s broadcast, alleging that the Qatar-based media outlet is intriguing against Bangladesh as a mouthpiece of Bangladesh’s anti-liberation force Jamaat-e-Islami.
“Al-Jazeera has been distorting the history of our great liberation war for long and continuously sparking militancy,” the IEB executive committee leaders said in a statement on Friday.
They said that Al-Jazeera was not only spreading biased news in case of Bangladesh, rather, their role in this regard was well known in the international arena.