Class of 2019: IEB matrics shine
The Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matric class of 2019 has excelled.
The pass rate for IEB matriculants papers is 98.82%, a marginal drop compared to last year’s pass rate of 98.92%.
All candidates who passed achieved a pass that is good enough to enter tertiary study at one of the three levels with 89.51% (compared to 90.65% in 2018) of the group achieving entry to degree study.
7.91% (compared to 7.33% in 2018) qualified for entry to diploma study while 1.4% (compared to 0.95% in 2018) achieved entry for study at the Higher Certificate level.
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11818 full-time and 779 part-time candidates from 227 examination centres across Southern Africa wrote the IEBs examinations in October and November 2019.
This is an increase from 2018 when there were 11 514 full-time candidates and 858 part-time candidates.
Umalusi has monitored all aspects of the 2019 examination process and has declared the results to be fair and valid.
The closing date for the application for re-marking is 13 January 2020 and the results from re-marking will be released on 6 February 2020 subject to approval from Umalusi.
The 2019 performance in AP Mathematics, consisting of 1351 learners from IEB schools and 993 learners in state schools, saw 67.36% achieving a pass above 40%.
From a total of 624 learners offering AP English, 93.86% achieved a pass mark of 50% or above; all learners offering AP Afrikaans achieved a mark of 40% and above.
The IEB had 11 818 full-time and 779 part-time candidates in Grade 12 in 2019, registered at 227 IEB examination centres across the country, Mozambique, Namibia, and Eswatini.
The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Morshega will be releasing the standard National Senior Certificate (NSC) results for 2019 on Tuesday.