South Africa Proclaims Education Success

The South Africa government says 2013's school-leaving exam results are the best since liberation in 1994.
  • South Africa:   Matric Results

    AgangSA, 7 January 2014

    Agang SA congratulates those in the Matric Class of 2013 who did well in this important examination. Equally, we urge those who did not make it this time not to despair but make… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Govt Proclaims Highest School-leaving Pass Rate

    SAnews.gov.za, 6 January 2014

    The national pass rate for the 2013 National Senior Certificate has increased by 4.3% to 78.2%, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced on Monday night. The figure is… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Motshekga to Announce 2013 Matric Results

    SAnews.gov.za, 3 January 2014

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will on Monday release the 2013 NSC Matric Results at the SABC studios. Read more »

  • South Africa:   Analysis - Motshekga's Class of 2013

    Daily Maverick, 7 January 2014

    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… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Zuma Congratulates Class of 2013

    SAnews.gov.za, 6 January 2014

    President Jacob Zuma has congratulated all the learners who sat through the 2013 National Senior Certificate examinations. Read more »

South African schoolchildren.

  • South Africa:   'I Used a Candle to Study'

    SAnews.gov.za, 6 January 2014

    Siphesihle Sithole, 18, from Soshanguve in Pretoria had to study for his 2013 National Senior Certificate matric exams using a candle. Read more »

  • South Africa:   2013 Matric Pass Rate At 78.2 Percent

    SAnews.gov.za, 6 January 2014

    The 2013 matric pass rate is 78.2 percent, Education Minister Angie Motshekga said in Johannesburg on Monday. Read more »

  • South Africa:   Matric Results Out Today

    SAnews.gov.za, 6 January 2014

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will today release the 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric results at the SABC in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. Read more »

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