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Western Cape Education MEC David Maynier congratulated the matric learners after he announced that the province has excelled with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) pass rate of 86.6% ...
While searching for a missing 16-year-old girl on Monday, Western Cape police officers recovered a body from a dam in Paarl.
This is also the Western Cape’s highest NSC pass rate ever. The province’s bachelor pass rate, which is a crucial indicator of the quality of matric passes, has also increased by 5.6 ...
Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has claimed her province achieved the top spot in what she calls the "real matric pass rate". The Western Cape came third behind Gauteng and the Free State, ...
Marking the halfway point in the matric final examinations, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) on Thursday noted nine cases of pupils with cheating material. “Unfortunately ...
The Western Cape education department (WCED) would release its matric results a bit later than the rest of the country to give principals the chance to examine them and find errors, it said on Monday.
City Press headlined an article on 19 January 2020, “Western Cape blames influx from ‘weaker’ provinces for declining matric results”. Media statements emphasise the good Maths and Science ...
The Western Cape’s top Engen Maths and Science Schools ... including 85% for science and 89% for English in the 2018 matric exams. These results ensured that she secured a place to study ...
Along with the online resource hub, the Western Cape government has been issuing physical booklets throughout the province too. “Our annual Matric Support booklet has been delivered to schools ...
Drug use‚ gangsterism‚ overcrowding and lack of funding are to blame for a 3.2 percentage point reduction in the Western Cape matric pass rate. That is according to the Western Cape education ...