Matric pass rate improves to 75.1%

THE 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) overall pass rate is 75.1 per cent, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced on Thursday evening.

“For the past seven years, we have noted that the NSC pass rate has consistently been above the 70% threshold. The Class of 2017 must be commended for maintaining this trend. The 2017 NSC overall pass rate, with the progressed learners excluded, stands at 76.5%, a 0.3% improvement from the 76.2% achieved in 2016.

“However, with the progressed learners included, the overall pass rate, stands at 75.1%, a 2.6% improvement from the 72.5% achieved in 2016. This represents a total of 401 435 candidates who had passed the 2017 NSC examinations.  Well done to the Class of 2017,” said the Minister, during a live broadcast on SABC.

The Class of 2017 is the 10th cohort of learners to sit for the National Senior Certificate, and the fourth cohort to write Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS)-aligned NSC examinations.

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According to the Minister, the 2017 matric class recorded the third highest enrollment of Grade 12 learners in the history of the basic education system in South Africa.

In 2017, a total of 161 081 distinctions were achieved, an improvement of 1.8 per cent from 2016.

The main contributors for this are KwaZulu-Natal with 28 per cent; Gauteng with 22.4 per cent; Western Cape with 15.5 per cent; Limpopo with 9.5 per cent; and Eastern Cape with 9 per cent.

“It is remarkable to note that the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo produced a combined 46.5 per cent of the total distinctions achieved nationally,” she said.

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