Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi presented a breakdown of the 2015 matric results, which factors affected these results and how they were dealt with.
As stated in the National Senior Certificate Technical Report 2015, a total of 112 064 candidates entered to write the 2015 NSC examinations. Of that, only 108 442 actually wrote the exam, with 91 327 candidates – the highest in the history of the province – achieving the qualification.
Lesufi revealed that of the 91 327 candidates that achieved a NSC, a staggering 38 760 pupils managed to achieve a bachelors pass and a further 37 375 achieved a diploma pass and 15 153 pupils received a higher certificate qualification.
Head of the Department for the Gauteng Department of Education, Edward Mosuwe stated that we, as a country, are beginning to close the poverty gap in education. Proving his point, in Quantile 1, which most rural schools fall under, there were no schools that scored below 50 percent. The Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura stated that the township schools and their students were the stars of the public education system in Gauteng.
“There is not a single township school that uses a chalkboard. If you want to see a chalkboard, visit a museum,” he stated after explaining how the Department of Education had completely revamped itself in the middle of the school year, re-training teachers and upgrading equipment such as placing tablets and smartboards in schools.
Lesufi also stated that money used in social grants should be redirected towards the education system in order to give all students a second chance. He also said that of all the schools that wrote matric exams, only four performed poorly, and the principals of those four schools would “… kiss their positions goodbye. When the schools reopen this year, they will find they no longer work there.”
Two local schools were mentioned in the Top 3 Independent Schools category, with Crawford Lonehill coming in third, Crawford Sandton placing second and Crawford Pretoria scooping up the number one spot.
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