The class of 2023, which was at the eye of the Covid-19 storm, has turned out to be the best-performing cohort of matrics, achieving the most distinctions and Bachelor’s since the advent of democracy.
This group produced an 82.9% pass rate compared with 80.1% the previous year, an improvement of 2.8%, said Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga yesterday as she announced the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results.
The Western Cape once again produced not one but two overall top-performing matriculants in the country.
They were Melissa Muller from Rhenish Girls’ High School public school in Stellenbosch, and Ethan Myers from Herzlia High School, an independent school in Vredehoek.
The Free State was the best-performing province, achieving an 89.0% pass rate, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 86.4%, Gauteng at 85.4%, North West…