Monday, January 06, 2014

WCED expects good matric results

Loyiso Langeni
06 January 2014

The Western Cape Education Department is looking forward with keen anticipation to the announcement of the 2013 National Senior Certificate exam results this morning.

WCED Director of Communication Paddy Attwell said they have noted commentary in the media on the standard of marking and large increases in pass rates.

Attwell they are committed in ensuring that as many candidates of possible right to exams even if they are weak candidates and increase pass rate is not an indicate of success.

“If the total number of candidates, who pass goes down. We expect that more candidates have passed matric in the Western Cape in line with trends in the province in recent years

We also expect in improvements in the quality of passes measured by the number of candidate’s qualififying for the university studies and by the Maths and Science,” Attwell added

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