The Ugu District once again proved that consistency is everything when it retained its number one position in KwaZulu-Natal in the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.
Ugu led by district director Mfundi Sibiya ranked first for the fourth consecutive year, with an 87.2% pass rate.
Port Shepstone Secondary pupil, Tekara Ramdhun was named the district’s top achiever. Also, Nonduduzo Ndlovu of Port Shepstone took second place in Ugu.
Both Ramdhun and Ndlovu bagged seven distinctions each.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has praised the Matric Class of 2022 for surpassing all expectations and achieved an 83% pass rate, which is an increase of 6.2% from 2021.
Speaking during the announcement of KwaZulu-Natal’s matric results held virtually, Dube-Ncube described it as a massive achievement as it exceeded the 80% pass rate benchmark set by the province.
“We congratulate the Matric Class of 2022 for bettering last year’s 76.80% pass rate and achieving a massive 83% in 2022. Last year the floods pummelled KwaZulu-Natal causing damage to infrastructure and disrupted education. This resulted in 824 learners in eThekwini being placed among the displaced in 135 mass care centres, and later being moved into temporary residential units. Out of this number at least 36 were in matric in 2022, and four had special needs. Despite these challenges, our resilience showed. We ensured that these learners were given a fair chance and were not prejudiced by the impact of the flood disaster,” said Dube-Ncube.
The Premier said the 2022 results reflect an improvement in all districts with Umkhanyakude being the most improved and no school received a 0% pass rate in the province.
“The Department of Education will come up with a decisive intervention strategy to deal with the situation in the 11 schools that performed below 30%. We note that there were 22 in 2021 and now reduced to 11. The education department must conduct an evaluation and introduce an academic improvement plan with immediate effect. The Executive Council will receive the report with school by school analysis and will assist with relevant interventions,” said Dube-Ncube.
She added: “We are excited about the increase in the number of Bachelor passes from 37% in 2021 to 42.5% in 2022, which marks a 5.4% improvement. The province is also pleased that girl pupils performed well. Girl pupils obtained an overall pass percentage of 83.6% while the boy pupils obtained 82.3%. We will continue to intervene, to ensure that female learners have equal opportunities of success like male learners. We have noted an improvement in township and rural schools that achieved 100% pass rates from 145 in 2021 to 212 in 2022. This achievement demonstrates that we are closing the gap between the schools serving poor communities in rural areas and townships and those in middle class areas. This is a clear impact of our pro-poor policies as government bearing fruit.”
Dube-Ncube said they urge communities to take a keen interest in the future of their children, adding that it is time to join hands and work with community policing forums to protect school assets and buildings from vandalism, theft and destruction.
“We continue to emphasise that communities need to understand that schools belong to them more than they do to government. The safety and security of teachers, schoolchildren, and property are also the responsibility of communities who must work with law enforcement agencies,” she said.
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