DESPITE the disproportionate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, South Africa’s official matric pass rate for 2021 is 76.4%, a marginal increase from the 76.2% pass rate of 2020.
This is an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the 2020 matric pass rate.
At least 256,031 learners received a Bachelor’s degree pass, and a possible entry to one of the country’s universities.
The basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced the results on Thursday in Johannesburg.
A total of 897,163 matrics registered to write the 2021 National Senior Certificate examinations, of which 733,198 were full-time candidates.
Motshekga said that 36.4% of matric students (256,031) achieved a bachelor’s pass, and 25.2% (177,572) achieved a diploma pass. 14.8% (103,859) achieved a higher certificate pass.
Only 103 (0.01%) achieved a pass without possibility of entry into any institution of higher learning.
The class of 2021 is the first to suffer the
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