Angie Motshekga praises teachers & communities for supporting matrics
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has praised teachers and communities for their part in supporting matrics. The pass rate has gone up to 81.3 percent in 2019, compared with 78.2 percent in 2018.
Motshekga says the jump to 81.3 percent is not slight.
“3,1 (percent) for a big system is not slight. Hard work by teaches learners and provinces and support from communities are all beginning to yield results.”
The Free State boasts the top provincial matric pass rate in the country followed by Gauteng, the North West, Western Cape, KZN, Mpumalanga, and Eastern Cape.
In the Class of 2019, there were 616,754 full-time learners, 170,963 part-time learners and more than 2,576 learners with special needs.
The matriculants produced 156,884 distinctions.
In other news – Drama at Show as Mampintsha dumps his ex-bandmate, Danger & walks away with Babes Wodumo
Big NUZ’s Danger claims that Mampintsha deprived him of an opportunity to perform at the popular year-end function Fact Durban Rocks on New Year’s Eve.
The controversial musician claims that Mampintsha decided to follow Babes Wodumo and ditched their reunion performance, instead of waiting for their turn to be on stage. Danger was eager to perform on stage with his former bandmate, especially considering that it would have marked a Big Nuz comeback despite the fact that the group which only has 2 members left. continue reading
Source: eNCA
