The Class of 2024 achieved a matric pass rate of 87.3% thank in part to the teachers and administrators of schools
The Class of 2024 achieved a matric pass rate of 87.3%, partly thanks to the teachers and administrators of schools.The matric class of 2024 is celebrating their 87.3% pass rate, but hats must also be doffed for those who guided them along the way.
“During the year, you wouldn’t really see that because the school is measured by results. So it is only around this period where you see teachers getting appreciated by their ,” Highlands North Boys High Life Sciences teacher Phindile Mdlalose said. “During the year, it’s just a normal day, business as usual, but today is a very big day for the Department of Education and teachers as a whole,” said Mdlalose, whose class achieved 96.2% in her subject.
“A learner may enter the school having been an average B or C candidate, and every teacher will make sure that they elevate the learner,” Moosa explained.A teacher who asked to remain anonymous said that while the Class of 2024 had many talented learners, others were “lazy” and “spoon-fed”.
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