Government schools pass rate for 2012 73.9%
Matriculants writing their end-of-year examinations at Thuto Lehakwe secondary school on October 24, 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Image by: Daniel Born
Image by: Daniel Born
A total of 73.9 percent of matric pupils passed in 2012, said Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Wednesday.
This is an improvement on the 70.2 percent pass rate in 2011.
Gauteng had the highest pass rate at 83.9 percent.
Eastern Cape was at 61.6 percent, Limpopo 66.9 percent, Mpumalanga 70 percent, KwaZulu-Natal 73.1 percent, Northern Cape 74.6 percent, Free State 81.1 percent, and North West had a 79.5 percent pass rate.
There was a slight decline in the Western Cape -- from 2011's 82.9 percent to 82.8 percent in 2012.
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