Matric results: Angie Motshekga to announce the 2022 NSC matric pass rate

With the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) having released the 2022 matric results on Wednesday, achieving a pass rate of 98.4%, all eyes are now set on the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results.

Thousands of grade 12 pupils are eagerly awaiting the results of the 2022 NSC examination.

This after quality assurer, Umalusi, gave the Basic Education Department the go-ahead to release the results on Thursday after declaring the exam process credible.

This will allow students to go and collect their statement of results at their respective schools on Friday.

The matric class of 2022 is the largest cohort of candidates, with over 900,000 pupils around the country anxiously waiting for their results.

With Motshekga waiting to announce the 2022 matric results today, for a rural province such as Limpopo- which produced poor matric results last year- the wait is not only crucial, but also painful.

More than 11,000 full-time and 33,740 part-time matric pupils sat for the exams in Limpopo’s 20 districts last year.

The province produced a 69.4% matric pass rate in 2018; it received 73.2% in 2019; 68.6% in 2020; and 66.7% in 2021. Worst is that Limpopo produced 0% in seven schools in 2020.

Throughout their final exams, the 2022 matric pupils had to contend with constant load shedding, community protests, problematic question papers and allegations of cheating.

Umalusi said despite some irregularities, the overall credibility and integrity of the exams was not compromised.

Motshekga will announce the results, as well as top achieving learners, in South African public schools.

Source: Eyewitness News, Basic Education, The Citizen, image from Twitter: @DBE_SA

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