The 2017 matric results of the Johannesburg east high schools have shown a major improvement with many matriculants passing with excellent marks.
North Eastern Tribune visited Sandringham, Northview and Waverly Girls’ high schools on 5 January when the results were released.
Sandringham High School has seen a major improvement in their results with an increase of almost 8 per cent compared to the previous year. The school got a 90,01 per cent pass rate, an increase of 7,9 per cent compared to 82,3 in 2016.
They also got a 35,29 per cent in their bachelor passes, which is believed to be more than a third of their matriculants who wrote last year.
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In isi-Zulu, the school registered 18 distinctions as well as another 18 distinctions in life orientation.
A school administrator, who did not wish to be named because of protocol, told Tribune that the school has seen a major improvement. “The school has been on a downward trend for over nine years and with the latest matric results, we’ve seen a major improvement.
“This is the first time after over nine years we have seen such an improvement. We shot up nearly 8 per cent… this is a really drastic change.”
Even though the school aimed for a 100 per cent pass rate, the administrator said it is unlikely they would have gone up by 20 per cent just like that.
Northview High School proved to be the best when they registered 94,48 per cent, up from 69 per cent the school registered in 2016.
The school got 58 bachelor passes (42,33 per cent), 51 diploma passes (33,22 per cent) and 28 higher certificates (20,43 per cent).
Meanwhile, Waverly Girls’ High School was the only disappointing institution after they dropped from the 96 per cent they registered in 2016 to 91 per cent in 2017.
Their deputy principal, Angela Wanckel blamed their performance on a high rate of absenteeism. “Some of our schoolchildren stayed away from school on so many occasions, thus we dropped.”
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