If you're in the dark about what the minimum pass requirements for matric are, here's all you need to know. Every year around exam time and then again when results are released, there seems to be confusion about the matric pass requirements. Often, you even hear people saying, "Agh, you only need 30% to pass." This is misleading and simply not true, because the pass requirements aren't as simple as you may think. As a matric student, you need to take at least 7 subjects and at the very least, you need to pass your home language at a minimum of 40%, two other subjects at 40% as well, and three others at 30%, in order to obtain a higher certificate pass. Thus, as Elijah Mhlanga, a spokesman for the Department of Basic Education explains, “If the learner does not satisfy the minimum subject requirements, he will not be awarded with the [National Senior Certificate], even though he may have attained an exceptionally high mark in one or two of...
The results have been announced for the 2020 Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matric exams. >> Click here to check your IEB matric results How it works: Simply enter your exam number in the box at the top of the page and you'll get an instant reply showing whether you passed and any distinctions you received. The 2020 IEB pass rate is 98.07%, slightly down from 98.82% last year. Of those candidates who passed, 88.42% (89.51% in 2019) achieved entry to degree study; 8.14% (7.91% in 2019) qualified for entry to diploma study; and 1.51% (1.4% in 2019) achieved entry for study at the higher certificate level. A total of 12,042 full-time and 1,139 part-time candidates from 233 examination centres across Southern Africa wrote the IEB exams in October and November 2020 – an increase from 2019, when there were 11,818 full-time and 779 part-time candidates. The closing date to apply for remarking is March 3 and the results from remarking will be released on Marc...
Scoring a neat 97% aggregate in the final matric exams placed Christine, who just graduated from Hoërskool De Kuilen in Kuilsrivier, Cape Town, in the second position in South Africa (quintile 5) for matric 2016. Let's first pore over her marks: English Home Language: 99% Afrikaans Huistaal: 96% Mathematics: 98% Information technology: 98% Life sciences: 96% Physical sciences: 95% Life orientation: 99% No surprise then that she was invited to the prestigious prize-giving event at Vodacom World where minister Angie Motshekga announced the matric results for 2016. We asked Christine a few questions: What were your favourite subjects? CV: I love maths and took AdMaths (an advanced mathematics programme) after school too. I find biology particularly interesting, and then I also enjoy the practical aspect of IT. Did you do any extracurricular activities? I did fencing at the Tygerberg Fencing club. I also play piano and the drums. What advice can you...
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