Increase in IEB matric pass rate

By Jurina Nkwazi
4 January 2011

Matric pupils at private institutions have seen an over 98-percent pass rate in this year’s National Senior Certificate exams.

The 2010 figure represents a one-percent increase in the pass rate compared to 2009.

Almost eight-thousand-300 learners wrote the IEB exams with 81-percent qualifying for university entry.

Public institutions will release their exam marks on Thursday, January 6.

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