National matric pass rate improves to 80%
The national matric pass rate for the class of 2022 has shown an increase from the previous year.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the much-anticipated national results in Randburg on Thursday.
Motshekga says the figure is an improvement of 3.7% compared to the previous year.
“The 2022 NSC overall pass rate has reached the 80.1%, compared with 76.4% in 2021. This is an improvement of 3.7% from the pass rate achieved by the class of 2021. This represents a record of 580 555 candidates who passed the 2022 NSC examinations - an improvement of 7.9% passes by number achieved by the class of 2021.”
A total of 920 634 pupils registered for the National Senior Certificate exams.
More 800 000 pupils, both full time and part time, sat down for the assessments.
The Free-State, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal came up on tops by producing the highest pass rates.
The three provinces recorded 88.5%, 84.4% and 83% respectively.
