SADTU lauds teachers after historic matric pass rate
The matric class of 2024, achieved an 87.3% pass rate, the highest in the country’s history.
Deputy Basic Education Minister Dr Reginah Mhaule opens the ceremony for the national matric results announcement on 13 January 2025. Picture: Mongezi Koko/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) says credit goes to the educators for the country’s historic matric pass rate.
The matric class of 2024, achieved an 87.3% pass rate, the highest in the country’s history.
SADTU, the country’s biggest teaching union, said this achievement would not be possible without dedicated teachers.
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"As SADTU, we are very happy with the results, we are joining the country in celebrating. The honour goes to the learners who endured 12 years of schooling and sat down for these examinations. We also take our hats off to the teachers who taught, motivated and matured these learners.
"We believe this result was due to the hard work of both the teachers and learners, who put up the hours, who worked for seven days a week during school holidays, evenings, study camps, to make sure we received these good results," said SADTU spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi.
Looking ahead to the 2025 academic year, Cembi said the union is concerned about the impending budget cuts at the Department of Basic Education.
"Even with these results, we are happy they are well and good but with the austerity measures that we are confronted with, we doubt we are going to get or improve from these marks next year if these austerity measures continue to persist."