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South Africa: Matric Cheats Face Three-Year Ban
SAPA, 12 January 2015
Matriculants found to have cheated could be banned from writing matric for the next three years, the education department said in Durban on Monday. Read more »
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South Africa: Meet the First Mitchell's Plain School With a 100 Percent Matric Pass Rate
GroundUp, 12 January 2015
It has taken almost 50 years for a school in Mitchell's Plain to achieve a 100% matric pass rate. Not since the community's inception in the 1970s has a school in the area managed… Read more »
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South Africa: Can You Really Pass Matric With a 30 Percent Average?
Africa Check, 8 January 2015
Do you "only need 30% to pass matric" in South Africa? It is a claim you hear every year at this time and one that has been given credence on social media and by some academics and… Read more »
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South Africa: Meet the Girl who Defied the Odds and Aced Matric with 7 Distinctions
The Daily Vox, 8 January 2015
NTEBOHENG LEHANA grew up in the rural village of Mpharane, next to Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape, and is the daughter of a single mother who works as a street vendor. Lehana… Read more »
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South Africa: Matric Is the New Orange
Daily Maverick, 8 January 2015
Top-achieving Matrics smiling shyly, school principals beaming, government officials shaking hands. These are scenes that have played out across the country over the past days -… Read more »
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South Africa: Mixed Reaction to National Pass Rate
SAPA, 6 January 2015
Political parties had mixed reaction to the 2014 matric pass rate on Monday. Read more »
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South Africa: The EFF Statement On Matric Results 2014
EFF, 6 January 2015
The EFF notes the results announced by the Department of Basic Education and decry that there is a general decline of performance across the provinces. Read more »
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South Africa: I Cheated in My Matric Exam and Got Away With It
The Daily Vox, 5 January 2015
Cheating during the matric exams has been uncovered in seven of the nine South African provinces, with several instances of "group copying". Schools identified as exam centres… Read more »
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South Africa: New Curriculum Affected 2014 Matrics
SAPA, 5 January 2015
Changes introduced by the Caps curriculum were a possible factor in the 2014 matric pass rate being lower than 2013, an academic said on Monday. Read more »
South African Senior Pass Rate Drops
South Africa's school leaving exam results are out, igniting a debate over a drop in the overall pass rate.
Top achievers in grade 12, class of 2015 seated with Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and her deputy, Enver Surty.
