Matric class of 2024 achieves SA's highest-ever pass rate
The cohort's pass mark is an increase from the 2023 mark of 82.9%.
Educations officials attend the announcement of the 2024 matric results on 13 January 2025. Picture: @EducationGP1/X
RANDBURG - The matric class of 2024 has achieved an overall pass mark of 87.3%, making it the highest pass rate ever achieved in the country.
Last year's class, which began their high school career at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic had to contend with a trimmed curriculum, online teaching and increased health risks.
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Nearly one million pupils, full-time and part-time, sat for the 2024 National Senior Certificate examinations.
The cohort's pass mark is an increase from the 2023 mark of 82.9%.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube praised the matrics of 2024, wishing them the best for the future.
"For 2024, the NSC has therefore increased from 82.9 % in 2023 to 87.3% in 2024. This is the highest matric pass rate in the history of our country."
JUST IN : The Matric Class of 2024 has achieved the highest pass rate in the country’s history at 87.3%.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) January 13, 2025
This is an improvement from the 2023 pass rate of 82.9%
All provinces achieved above 80% pass rate@MongeziKoko pic.twitter.com/87ANIwKaYt
KZN distinctions at 10.8%, followed by Western Cape 6.3% and Gauteng 5.3%. Mpumalanga & Limpopo showed >1% distinction growth.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) January 13, 2025
Maths: 69.1% pass. +5.6% from 2023
Physical Sciences: 75.6% pass. -0.6% from 2023.@MongeziKoko