Build One South Africa (BOSA) is petitioning for a 50% matric pass mark, arguing that the current 30% pass mark undermines the education system and the economy.
Mmusi Maimane’s party, Build One South Africa ( BOSA ) calls on the public to support their petition for a 50% matric pass mark to improve SA’s educational standards.
With only days remaining before the release of the Class of 2024 matric results, Build One South Africa (BOSA) has launched a petition urging Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube to scrap the minimum pass mark fromThe highly anticipated matric results, which will provide an update on how the Class of 2024 performed, will be released on Monday, December 13. The matric class of 2023 achieved a pass rate of 82.9%, and now all eyes are on how the Class of 2024 will perform. With just a few days before the release of the results, many learners are anxious about their performance. In response to that, BOSA has announced the launch of a petition on December 8, calling for the 30% pass mark to be increased to 50% BOSA’s acting spokesperson Rogers Solomons said the party believes that maintaining a 30% pass mark in South Africa – a country with the highest youth unemployment rate across the world, is detrimental to both the education system and the economy. “A meagre 30% pass hurts our pupils, the education system, and in the long run the economy,” said Solomons. The petition launched on the change.org website, argues that a 30% pass mark for subjects at matric level undermines the intellectual capabilities of South Africa's youth and also contributes to mediocrity, low expectations and lack of accountability. A 30% pass mark undermines the intellect of South Africa's youth and allows for the obfuscation of the basic education crisis; education leaders to escape accountability, and the entrenchment of mediocrity and low expectations“The 30% pass mark allows for obfuscation of the basic education crisis and enables education leaders to escape accountability,” the petition sai
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