Performance of some KZN matric pupils worries education department: The KZN education department is worried after two key districts produced unsatisfactory results in isiZulu, geography and mathematics
The KwaZulu-Natal education department is worried about the performance of some of its 2023 matric pupils.The decline in the first-term results of 2023 matric candidates in the Umlazi and Pinetown districts has the provincial department of education worried about the potential affect on the targeted pass rate.
“We are here to check the performance of our learners after the first term. The analysis of both districts shows that in some subjects we’re on track to improve but there are a few areas of concern — such as mathematics and geography,” he said. Mathematics literacy is the next-biggest subject with Umlazi and Pinetown having 11,000 and 12,700 pupils respectively taking the subject. Umlazi made a slight improvement with 71.7% from last year’s 66.5% while Pinetown went from 84.5% in 2022 to 60.1% this year.
“We had a maths summit this year where [we decided] we want to go back to being a maths province, like before. In the previous years our maths numbers used to be more than that of maths lit but now it’s the opposite. We have 103,000 writing maths lit but only 64,000 in maths, hence we’re in a drive to make more learners take maths because jobs and career opportunities are better,” he said.
“We may have varying degrees of capabilities in mathematics but I don’t believe that the patterns we see represent our potential. Our target is that by 2030 at least 60% of our learners are doing and passing the subject,” he said.
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