The Western Cape matric pass rate has increased by 1.3 percentage points from 2020.
Schäfer said the province performance is remarkable because “we had 6,076 extra candidates writing this year, which makes it more difficult to increase the percentage”. She said the Western Cape’s retention rate from grade 10 to 12, those actually writing the National Senior Certificate, has increased by 3.7 percentage points to 70.3% — “our highest ever”.
“We have also achieved our highest ever percentage of Bachelors passes, at 45.3% — the highest in the country,” she said. “A further two important indicators for our province are the mathematics and science pass rates. In mathematics, our province’s pass rate increased to 72.4% and in science increased to 77.1% . We congratulate our specialist teachers for their efforts in these subjects, and out learners for their excellent performance.”
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