2017 matric exams
[LISTEN] What to do if you did not do well in matric
Radio 702 Azania Mosaka speaks to Jan Badenhorst, the CEO of Skills Academy, about some options available for matric pupils who did not do well.
The province has obtained an 82.8% pass rate.
It’s understood one of the pupils passed matric but was not satisfied with the results while the other learner failed.
Diepsloot Secondary School has achieved a 100% pass rate in the 2017 academic year while Diepsloot Combined School achieved 86.9%.
Gauteng came second in the national senior certificate exams, achieving 85.1% pass rate.
Provincial Education MEC Debbie Schäfer was there to congratulate Westerford High School's class of 2017.
Kauthar Fortune is among the matriculants from The Leadership College who’ve passed but risked being caught in volatile gang-related shootings just to get to school.
South Africa’s best performing matric student in mathematics did not come from a fancy school from one of the big cities. Takalani Bambela hails from a small village in Limpopo and attended the Tshivhase Secondary School. He intends studying actuarial science at Wits University.
The Basic Education Department’s Director General Mathanzima Mweli says two-thirds of the class of 2017 finished in record time.
The Western Cape Education Department has decided to release the much-anticipated results an hour earlier next week Friday.
They've commended the Department of Basic Education for running a credible exams process for pupils across the country.
The Department of Basic Education was in 2016 hit by the leaking of a Maths paper in Limpopo.
The exams for the class of 2017 wrapped up on Tuesday and the department says it’s proud that no major incidents were reported.
More than 60,000 candidates are registered in the province for this year's national senior certificate.
Matrics have been sitting for five weeks now with the last exam set for next week Tuesday.
Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer says the exams have run smoothly so far.
Taxi drivers in the capital are expected to strike on Wednesday over issues related to permits and traffic fines.
Creative parenting expert Nikki Bush shares tips on helping your children to study better.
Wits University’s Professor Ruksana Osman says the more you engage with the material, the more you’ll remember and all you need on exam day is enough sleep and less distraction.