Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Western Cape Education Department aiming an increase in Matric results

Loyiso Langeni
09 September 2014

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille together with Education MEC Debbie Schafer are both optimistic that matric results this year will again improve in the province. 

On Monday they announced the province’s target for the upcoming National Senior Certificate Examination.

In the last five years the province has managed to reduce the number of underperforming high schools from 85 in 2009 to 23 in 2013.  

Ministerial Spokesperson Jessica Shelver said the Western Cape will be aiming for an increase in the number of learners passing matric from 40 558 in 2013.

Shelver added that this years target is 43 000 to achieve approximately 20 000 bachelor degrees passes which is 40% of the candidates that are writing and a reduction of underperforming schools by 50%

Meanwhile the provincial government says the real matric pass rate is determined by comparing the number of learners enrolled for the NSC exams to the number of Grade 10 learners enrolled two years before that.

Government has committed that the quality also extends to the marking of matric exam papers. 

Ministerial Spokesperson Jessica Shelver said we are aiming to achieve all of this whilst maintaining competency testing for matric markers and not inflating our school based assessment or not culling our weaker learners

“We urge all parents and communities to continue supporting our canditades over this time and we have every confidence that their hard work will be rewarded.” Shelver added.

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