Kingswood College celebrates the Matric Class of 2020
The Kingswood College Matric class of 2020 gathered a total of 95 distinctions.
Kingswood Senior School Head Tracy van Molendorff said: “We are incredibly proud of the class of 2020. They have shown true grit, resilience and determination amidst a year of uncertainty, on-line learning and a pandemic that resulted in a new reality for their matric class.
“We commend those who achieved distinctions and are incredibly proud of those who, through perseverance, achieved beyond our expectations. The committed and dedicated academic staff are to be commended on the way that they approached a year no one had prepared for, in a manner that ensured that this class was able to complete their matric year successfully and achieve to their full individual potential.
Top Eastern Cape matriculant misses full house of distinctions by 1% News24 Wire
Pupils from Saheti School in Johannesburg celebrate after receiving their 2020 matric results. Picture: Michel Bega Asked about her results, Kelby Balker said: ‘The 1% doesn’t bother me – I am so happy with my other results and so they make up for the 79[%]!’
An Eastern Cape matric pupil narrowly missed a full house of seven subject distinctions by just 1%.
Kelby Barker from Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Makhanda was one of 12,024 full-time candidates who wrote the National Senior Certificate through the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) in 2020.
She was one of three pupils from the prestigious Makhanda boarding school who got six distinctions each.