Another 1‚313 candidates have qualified for admission to Bachelor‘s studies while a total of 10‚131 matriculants have obtained a National Senior Certificate after writing supplementary examinations.The Basic Education department said on Monday that 115‚966 full time and 816 part time candidates had enrolled to write the supplementary examinations‚ which took place from 10 February to 17 March 2016. This was 25‚577 more candidates than in 2015.However‚ about 40‚142 candidates who enrolled did not write the examination‚ the department said.“This represents a ‘no show’ of 34.6%‚ and when considered against the high costs incurred in running a full-scale examination‚ it is imperative that as the DBE we institute measures to curb the high level of ‘no shows’.”Snapshot of the results: - 10‚131 more candidates achieved the NSC - 6‚567 more candidates obtained higher certificates - 2‚090 more candidates achieved admission to Diploma studies - 1‚313 more candidates qualified for admission to Bachelor‘s studiesThe department noted: “These candidates now qualify to enter into different forms of further education programmes and contribute to the economy of the country.”According to the department‚ the overall performance‚ combining the November 2015 NSC examination with the 2016 NSC Supplementary examinations‚ showed a 72.1% pass rate‚ which is an increase of 1.4% from the 70.7% obtained in the November 2015 NSC examination.“The improvement is encouraging as it confirms that the supplementary examination is serving its intended purpose of allowing candidates who have narrowly missed a pass‚ a second attempt to improve their results‚” the department said...