Three of Pretoriaâs Hoërskools lead the pack as Gautengâs top performing schools
By Chulumanco Mahamba
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Johannesburg - Gauteng Premier David Makhura has saluted the provinceâs matric class of 2020, teachers, school management teams and the Department of Education for pulling the province through 2020.
Makhura and Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi announced the results of the 2020 Grade 12 Exams in Gauteng and rewarded the provinceâs top achievers in Ormonde yesterday.
Gauteng placed second nationally after the provinceâs 110 184 learners achieved an 83.8% pass rate, a 3.5% reduction from the provinceâs performance in 2019.
The top performing schools in the province are Hoërskool Waterkloof, followed by Hoërskool Menlopark and Hoërskool Garsfontein, all in Pretoria.
Lesufi dedicates Class of 2020 results to 34 Gauteng teachers who succumbed to Covid-19
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Johannesburg - Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi has revealed that Covid-19 was responsible for the deaths of 34 of the provinceâs teachers.
Lesufi disclosed this on Wednesday, when he revealed Gautengâs matric results, top-performing schools as well as top-performing pupils.
Gauteng is the second best-performing province, with a 83.3% pass rate, and Lesufi dedicated the performance of the Class of 2020 to the deceased teachers for the sacrifices they made in helping pupils achieve those results.
âI want to dedicate these results to the 34 educators that sacrificed their lives so that our children could get an education and pass. We also lost 18 officials of the department,â he said.
These are Gauteng s worst performing schools 24 February 2021 - 17:24 Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi spoke at a ceremony held in honour of the province’s top performers in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, on Wednesday. File photo. Image: TimesLIVE
The Gauteng education department on Wednesday named the worst performing schools in the 2020 academic year as Kgothalang Secondary School in the West Rand and Eureka High School in Springs.
On the plus side, provincial education MEC Panyaza Lesufi expressed satisfaction at how township schools had fared in the last academic year, with several recording 100% pass rates. These were Diepsloot Secondary No 2, Rusoord Secondary School, Marlboro Gardens Secondary School and Denver Secondary School.