Matric 2019: Girls 'outperformed' boys.
Her triumph cemented remarks by basic education minister Angie Motshekga, who said that girl pupils outperformed the boys in the National Senior Certificate exams.
“Overall, there were 224,906 girls who passed the 2019 NSC examinations. When translated into percentages, 80.1% of girls and 82.8% of boys passed the 2019 NSC exams.” There were 103,310 female candidates who obtained Bachelor passes , compared to 82,748 of their male counterparts . There were 44,946 female candidates who got Higher Certificate passes , compared to 34,038 of their male counterparts .
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