BOSA's Maimane calls on DBE to raise pass mark to 50%
Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane said the improvement of the average pass mark from 30% to 50% would enable the learners after matric to compete for employment opportunities.
Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Mmusi Maimane. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/X
CAPE TOWN - Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane is calling for the Department of Basic Education to improve the country's average pass mark for learners to be competent enough and be accepted into universities.
Maimane said that the improvement of the average pass mark from 30% to 50% would enable the learners after matric to compete for employment opportunities.
According to the BOSA leader, celebrating the recent matric overall pass rate of 87% when the majority of learners won't be able to further their studies was an embarrassment to the country's education.
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He said that a legitimate education system should be able to ensure that no child will be left behind.
He was speaking at a media briefing in Parliament on Wednesday.
"It shall never be said that your economic circumstances or the place of your birth will determine the quality of education you get in this country."