The Western Cape Department of Education said it is concerned about the low pass rate of Grade 9 learners in the province last year.
Ministerial Spokesperson Bronagh Casey said
the pass rate has however increased from 74% in 2012 to 77% in
2013.
Several interventions have been introduced
by the WCED to improve the pass rate for Grade 9 learners in the province.
Casey said one of the main reasons for this
increase is that we did implement a Grade 9 turn around strategy last
year. We had a number of interventions
such as tips for success booklets for all our Grade 9 learners. Our district officials worked with schools to
ensure that their timetables reflect needs of that grade.
"However we are concerned about the pass
rate of Grade 9 learners and we will continue to implement and create new
strategies to improve these results further” Casey added.
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