2021-02-26 16:55:47 GMT2021-02-27 00:55:47(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) While the 2020 academic year presented numerous challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, South African inmates who sat down for their final high school exams obtained an 86.3 percent pass rate, the highest they had achieved in the past five years.
The pass rate for other matriculants outside prison was 76.3 percent this year.
Justice and Corrections Minister Ronald Lamola said a total of 160 inmates wrote the matric examinations. Our learners also obtained a total of 76 distinctions and we also produced 78 bachelor s passes, which is a minimum requirement for admission to university for a bachelor s degree, the official said.
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