THE Class of 2016 has achieved an overall national pass rate of 76.2% in the 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon. Motshekga says the pass rate represents a slight increase from the 74% achieved in 2015.
“The national pass rate without progressed learners is 76.2%. Well done to the Class of 2016,” said Minister Motshekga. “The Class of 2016 has recorded the highest enrolment of Grade 12 learners in the history of the basic education system in South Africa.”
The total number of candidates who registered for the November 2016 NSC examinations was 828 020, comprising 674 652 full-time candidates and 153 368 part-time candidates.
She gave a glimpse of results captured without progressed learners. The Free State was the only province that broke the 90% threshold, with 93.2% pass rate. It was followed by the Western Cape with 87.7%, and Gauteng with 87%.
Gauteng was followed by the North West with 86.2%; Northern Cape with 82.2%; Mpumalanga with 81.3%; KwaZulu-Natal with 69.5%; Limpopo with 68.2%; and the Eastern Cape stood last with 63.3%.
