MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: North West has retained their position with the province taking position four in the 2024 Matric results nationally with an improvement of 5, 89% from 81,63% of the 2023 results.
The pass rate breakdown of the results as per the District Municipalities in the North West Province include Bojanala Platinum District Municipality with 89.40%; Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality on 87.78%; Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality taking 85.71% and lastly the Dr RSM District Municipality taking 84.72%.
The overall nationwide pass rate saw the Free State leading with 91%; KwaZulu-Natal - 89.5%; Gauteng - 88.4 %; North West - 87.5%; Western Cape - 86.6%; Limpopo - 85.01%; Mpumalanga - 84.99%; Eastern Cape - 84.98% and Northern Cape - 84.2%.
Nearly half of the learners who wrote the NSC examinations received a Bachelor’s pass.
A total of 47.8% of candidates qualified for admission to undertake Bachelor studies, which is a significant improvement from last year’s 40.9% and represents the highest number of Bachelor passes in recent history. This is a 6.9% increase from last year.
When congratulating the matric learners of 2024, MEC Motsumi said she was thrilled to announce that the Class of 2024 had obtained a spectacular pass rate of 87,52% and position four (4) nationally. “You will agree with me that increasing the NSC pass rate by that margin and retaining position 4 is no mean feat, taking into account the tightness of the competition among the nine provinces for at least a top three (3) spot, which we missed by a percentage point. It is not mere rhetoric when we say that for us, the game is never over until we win. We are determined to do everything in our power to reach the top three of the national NSC Examination results league table. The NSC examination results of the province during the sixth administration are as follows: In 2019, we obtained 86.8% (position 4), in 2020, we dropped to 76.0% (position 3), in 2021, we rose to 78.6% (position 4), 2022, we achieved 79.8% (position 5) and in 2023 the province attained 81,63% (position 4).
“It is important to remember that the 2024 provincial matric pass rate is not the only significant figure in our records, but it is a robust sign of progress registered by our maturing provincial education system,” said Motsumi.
