KZN, national matric pass rate up
The Class of 2019 has achieved an 81.3% pass rate.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the National Senior Certificate results in Midrand, Gauteng on Tuesday.
The overall national pass rate improved by 3.1% from the previous year's 78.2%.
KwaZulu-Natal claimed the fifth position with 81.3% of the province's passing.
It's an improvement of 5.1% for KZN.
Motshekga added that Ugu is the top performing district in the province having achieved a pass rate of 86.3%.
This is how the country's provinces ranked in the National Senior Certificate results:
#MatricResults19: Here's how provinces performed:
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1. FS - 88.4% (up 0.9%)
2. GP - 87.2% (down 0.7%)
3. NW - 86.8% (up 5.6%)
4. WC - 82.3% (up 0.8%)
5. KZN - 81.3% (up 5.1%)
6. MP - 80.3% (up 1.4%)
7 & 8. EC + NC - tied at 76.5% (EC up 5.9% & NC up 3.2%)
9. LIM - 73.2% (up 3.8%)
Meanwhile, hundreds of anxious pupils will descent on a fuel station in KwaMashu later this evening (8pm) to await the release of their individual results.
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The night vigil is the initiative of BP KwaMashu Service Station.
Site manager, Luleka Ngqulunga says this will be the first time they hold such an event.
She says it's a family-friendly event where learners and parents can gather in a safe and supportive environment.
"We are going to be educating the guys in terms of giving them guidance; where to from here. We'll also be motivating the guys that did not make it to say 'listen, it's not the end of the world - you still have another chance do you matric again or fix whatever subjects that you didn't do well in."
eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda is expected to join the gathering.
Eighteen-year-old Asanda Mkhize from Reunion Secondary School in Isipingo says she's a nervous wreck.
"I am feeling very nervous, I actually don't know how to feel. I'm confused. I don't know if I did well. There's just a lot of pressure."
Nineteen-year-old Mthokozisi Nzimande from Edendale Technical High School says he battled with Maths Paper 2 - and is worried about how his results will turn out...
"It was a bit difficult but I tried to manage. It [Maths 2] was the [most] difficult subject for me."
The Independent Examination Board released the pass rate for private schools earlier on Tuesday showing that 98.82% of the pupils passed.
It was a slight decrease of 0.1% from the previous year.
READ: 98.82% matric pass rate for IEB exams
Crawford College in La Lucia, Durban achieved a 100% pass rate.
Kayrav Naidoo is the college's Dux, having scored 100% for Maths and achieving nine distinctions.
He plans to study Medicine at UCT. Naidoo says the hard work began early.
"It's [been] hard work every single year for the past five, six years. I started working since Grade 4 with Maths Olympiad and that really helped me build with every other subject. I am just so excited and so happy for the future."
