While South Africa’s 2024 matrics achieved the highest pass rate since the country became a democracy, the “real” matric pass rate was still well below 60%.
While South Africa’s 2024 matrics achieved the highest pass rate since the country became a democracy, the “real” pass rate, which includes how many students drop-out before they can sit for their exams, was still well below 60%.
One of the first major achievements was the figure climbing over 80% for the first time in democratic South Africa in 2019. Many pupils who were supposed to be part of the cohort taking their final exams had either left the education system completely or been held back at some point.
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