The decline in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric maths pass rate is not the result of a sudden collapse in ...

Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube has announced that the National Senior Certificate (NSC) pass rate for the country ...

In 2025, the national Mathematics pass rate, calculated at the very low threshold of 30%, declined from 69% to 64%.

Discover the implications of the class of 2025's historic 88% pass rate in the National Senior Certificate examinations, as ...

EFF STATEMENT ON 2025 MATRIC RESULTS. Monday, 12 January 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) proudly congratulates the ...

While South Africa celebrates record matric pass rates of 88%, schools are quietly steering thousands of learners away from ...

Fewer than 10 000 pupils in the country got distinctions for maths and only 1.2% of those who wrote the simpler version of maths literacy got a distinction. Hinting the matric pass rate would increase ...

A letter circulated on social media saying matriculants will have to rewrite a maths exam is a fake, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) says. The fake letter looked like it was written on an ...

The quality of matric mathematics has been heavily criticised by many experts. Head of Department of the Wits School of Mathematics Betsie Jonck previously told MyBroadband that students are entering ...

The 2023 matric results are dominating conversations in South Africa, as they have each year in the past. They are one of the traditional measures of education progress and quality, and deservedly ...

The national matric maths and physical science pass rates both saw an increase in 2016. In 2015, the maths pass rate dipped below the 50% mark, after only 49.1% of pupils across the country who wrote ...