The highly anticipated 2018 matric results have been released, and with them have come some mixed reactions.
While many learners celebrated their passes, some have had to put their plans for the future on hold waiting for either a remark or to write a supplementary exam in June in the hope of passing.
But for Afrikaanse Hoërskool Germiston it was mostly smiles and sighs of relief as the matriculants arrived at the school on Friday to receive their results.
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“We achieved a 95 per cent pass rate,” said the school’s principal, Retha du Toit.
From the 110 learners who sat for their exams at the school, 51 learners (or 46 per cent) achieved university exemption with 36 per cent achieving diploma passes.
The school earned 55 distinctions in total, with Nico Govindsamy as the school’s top achiever earning an impressive seven distinctions.
The school’s other top achievers were Erica Sekul, with four distinctions and Samantha Nell, Cheney Nortje and Kevin Mayer with three distinctions each.
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Though du Toit is pleased with the results she always feels sad for the few who didn’t make it.
“But they now have ample time to study before the exams in June,” she said.
“Overall we are very happy and I can’t complain.
“I am satisfied my teachers did all they could to get the learners ready for their exams. They worked during holidays, went through past papers and really worked hard and did all they could.
“I wish all our matrics well in their future endeavours.”
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