Matric Results 2017

[ChefDJ]

Am I the the only one not seeing the increase of the pass rate by 2.6% up from last year as a good sign, when it takes less to actually pass than ever before?

I believe you need 20% to pass now, but may have misread. And in (most) cases, achieving that 20% is now done by awarding extra marks for the sake of pushing students through. So in theory, if you know 15% of what you need to, you can actually pass and be given the false hope of going to university to get a degree and start earning major money from the get go.

I see nothing good of this:

#MATRICRESULTS2017: CLASS OF 2017 RECORDS 75.1% PASS RATE, UP 2.6%
The Class of 2017 has recorded the third highest enrolment of Grade 12 learners in the history of the basic education system in South Africa.

Matric 2017 top achievers

The Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced the 2017 matric results on Thursday.

Motshekga has applauded the class of 2017 for achieving a 75.1% pass rate including progressed learners, a 2.6% improvement from the previous year.

The Class of 2017 has recorded the third highest enrolment of Grade 12 learners in the history of the basic education system in South Africa.

The minister says for the past seven years, they have noted that the NSC pass rate has consistently been above the 70% threshold.

"The Class of 2017 must be commended for maintaining this trend. The 2017 NSC overall pass rate, with the progressed learners excluded, stands at 76.5%, a 0.3% improvement from the 76.2% achieved in 2016.

"However, with the progressed learners included, the overall pass rate, stands at 75.1%, a 2.6% improvement from the 72.5% achieved in 2016. This, represents a total of 401 435 candidates, who had passed the 2017 NSC examinations. Well done to the Class of 2017."

The total number of candidates who registered for the November 2017 NSC examinations, was 802 431; comprising 629 155 full-time candidates, and 173 276 part-time candidates. Of these candidates, 534 484 full-time candidates, and 117 223 part-time candidates wrote the 2017 NSC examinations.

Last year, nationally, the class of 2016 achieved a 72.5% pass rate that includes progressed learners.

The Free State achieved the highest pass rate of all with over 93% of pupils passing, but the minister says Gauteng and the North West also did well.

Motshekga said the department wished to thank all provinces, especially Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu Natal for the extra support and pointed interventions they gave to learners.

"If these provinces did not do this, some of the progressed young people could have fallen through the cracks of the system, due to continuous repetition and ultimate drop-out from the system. We encourage the other provinces to take a leaf from these four provinces, which supported the progressed learners to the extent necessary."

Motshekga added that while much more needs to be done in the delivery of quality education in the country the results of the class of 2016 showed patterns of growth.

"Despite notable improvements in South Africa’s education system much more needed to be done especially in the area of efficiency and quality."

The department says it has also put much focus last year in providing learners with special needs with support and including them in the curriculum.

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[Dirtydeedsman]

The older I get the less I know anyone who is/was writing matric exams

 

[Danny2]

Overall there is like 2 regions that have improved and the rest of them have gotten worse and dropped.

Don't know how you can be so excited about improvement when you only improved cause the passing marks have been dropped so much you get 2 marks for writing your name and spelling it correctly on the paper:smilebounce:

 

[yush1]

I take nothing away from those matrics that actually excelled. However, we can see first hand what the effect of the low education standards are in the service delivery and general incompetence in this country.
:thumbdo:

 

[TurboLlew]

There is a difference between unemployed and unemployable... every year we get an injection of even more unemployable matriculants.

It has also taken the heat off the colleges and universities (traditional or of technology) who are producing honours students for jobs that are already on the verge of obsolescence and who can't spell or reason. We haven't hired grads out of a grad programme in 3 years. The problem is at all levels starting in grade R and all the way through to highest tertiary levels IMHO. One day if basic education is ever fixed then the rot at the majority of tertiary institutions will be revealed.

 

[husaindindar]

A good starting point to solve this education problem is to teach our president how to read numbers first.




Reducing the pass mark to increase the pass rate is similar thinking to that minister who said we should build smaller dams so that they reach 100% faster therefore reducing the amount of droughts/water restrictions we have.

This sort of thinking has plagued our country from the top...

 

[ChefDJ]

Okay so correction on pass mark - it's 30% rather than 20%, however some subjects are down to 20% already, such as maths... With such low pass requirements, it's a damn shame that the pass rate for 2017 is as low as 75.1%. It should be at 100%.

Damned if I have to get heart surgery by a doctor who only knows 30% of his stuff, or live in a building designed and engineered by someone with similar standards in education.

 

[husaindindar]

Okay so correction on pass mark - it's 30% rather than 20%, however some subjects are down to 20% already, such as maths... With such low pass requirements, it's a damn shame that the pass rate for 2017 is as low as 75.1%. It should be at 100%.

Damned if I have to get heart surgery by a doctor who only knows 30% of his stuff, or live in a building designed and engineered by someone with similar standards in education.

Or worst still,
I max out my BMW 3er knowing there was a 20%er who assembled it! :roflol:

 

[officially_kage]

I try and stick my head in the sand with these kind of issues.... makes me really sad.
These very same students that are pushed through with 30% are the same students that are demanding free education.
A few years ago I would never ever consider leaving this country but now.....

 

[ChefDJ]

Okay so correction on pass mark - it's 30% rather than 20%, however some subjects are down to 20% already, such as maths... With such low pass requirements, it's a damn shame that the pass rate for 2017 is as low as 75.1%. It should be at 100%.

Damned if I have to get heart surgery by a doctor who only knows 30% of his stuff, or live in a building designed and engineered by someone with similar standards in education.

Or worst still,
I max out my BMW 3er knowing there was a 20%er who assembled it! :roflol:

Relevant to the topic of the forum as a whole :smilebounce:

 

[Nick]

another 300k dof kids that now need jobs.

 

[Bushnut#1]

McDonald's is hiring

 

[SylisM]

Next thing professional bodies will be forced to lower their standards.

 

[officially_kage]

Ahhhh it all makes sense now....
My internet was down due to the Telkom cable having being snapped in half due to the idiots at City power. So I call in and explain to the call centre agent that my internet is down and I need someone to come and repair/replace it..... you wont believe the response I got
"Sir, could you please reboot the router and see if it works"
It all makes sense.... probably another 20%er

 

[ChefDJ]

South Africa’s real 2017 Matric pass rate – 39.25%
5 January 2018

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has released the 2017 National Senior Certificate results, revealing a matric pass rate of 75.1%.

However, the official pass rate does not tell the full story – ignoring the large percentage of students who drop out before they write the matric exams.

Equal Education has described the matric pass percentage as a superficial and misleading indicator of public education quality.

“The pass rate reflects only the performance of those learners who managed to stay in school for 12 years and obscures how many dropped out along the way,” said Equal Education.

It said the Basic Education Department has systematically failed to address learner retention. For a broader perspective, you must use a cohort matric pass rate, it said.

Equal Education defines the cohort matric pass rate as the percentage of learners in grade 2 who pass matric 11 years later.

South Africa’s true pass rate

Of the 1,022,853 grade 2 cohort class enrollment, only 629,155 students registered for the matric final exams. This is a dropout rate of 38.49%. When one considers only the 534,484 grade 12 students who actually wrote matric, this dropout rate increases to 47.75%.

The 2017 cohort matric pass rate, which Equal Education has referred to as the true pass rate, is therefore 39.25%.

It should be noted that where Equal Education uses the total number of enrolments across public and private schools in its calculations, the table below uses enrolments in public schools, which is what the DBE matric pass rate is based on.

The Democratic Alliance has offered another analysis of this year’s matric results, comparing the pass rate to the number of learners who enrolled for grade 10 in 2015.

“Last year, 41% of the learners who had enrolled in Grade 10 in 2015 did not enrol for matric,” the DA said. “The number of Grade 10s from 2015 who passed matric 2017 – was only 37.3%. This is cause for serious concern, rather than celebration.”

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[Lizzard]

Imagine this country in 40 years :dunnoanymore: .... ofcourse when we have passed away. A beautiful country gone to :sorry:

We are not learning kids to become beyond their expectations, instead we are lowering the standards