It was Nelson Mandela who said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Twenty years after the formal end of the Apartheid, education remains one of the most telling gauges of change in South Africa. The just-released matric results have great relevance in this context.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga hailed the class of 2013 as, "The best class since the advent of democracy." President Jacob Zuma had similar words of congratulations. He noted that the improvement in the number of learners who had earned Senior Certificates has culminated in the highest pass rate since the dawn of freedom and democracy in South Africa.
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