Matric results: KZN scores 60.7% pass rate
The matric class of 2015 has achieved a national pass rate of 70.7% down from 75.8% in 2014 while KZN is one of the low-performing provinces with a 60.7% pass rate.
Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga announced the results in Johannesburg last night.
Nearly 800 000 pupils sat for their final exams last year.
The Western Cape is the top performing province - scoring a pass rate of 84.7%. Gauteng achieved the second best pass rate with 84.2%. The Free State rounded off the top three by securing a pass rate of 81.6%- although this is 6% lower than last year's.
"The five provinces did extremely well and for that we are very grateful and appreciative. But we must say the biggest provinces did dismally badly and we are committing that we'll go there," she said.
KZN is the second worst performing province, recording a pass rate of 60.7%, that's down a whopping 9% from last year.
"KZN is equal to five provinces in terms of learner numbers, so this means they would produce more Bachelor passes because they have more learners in the province," she said.
This is the second consecutive year the province's results have not fared well with the 2014 pass rate having dropped by 7.7% compared to 2013's.
The Eastern Cape was the worst performing province at 56.8%.
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