STUDENT ACCESS, EQUITY AND FUNDING
STUDENT ACCESS, EQUITY AND FUNDING
STUDENT ACCESS, EQUITY AND FUNDING
MATRIC RESULTS 2010 – COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS AND EFFECTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION
The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, MP has repeatedly made the clarion call that “we owe it to the learners, the country and out people to improve Grade 12 results as committed”.
The National Senior Certificate (NSC) ex- amination has established its status as the most important indicator of performance of the cohort of learners that have gone through twelve years of schooling. The DBE has therefore guarded the integrity and credibility of this examination process and the announcement of these results by the Minister of Basic Education, on an an- nual basis, signify an important culminating point.
The improvements in the quality of the results with regard to the increase in the percentage of passes in Mathematics and Physical Science as well as the increase in the number of learners gaining admission to University, sets us firmly on the trajectory towards the attainment of our set specific objectives for the Action Plan to 2014 and broadly the vision for the Basic Education Sector as outlined in the Schooling 2025 basic education sector plan.
THE MAGNITUDE AND SIZE OF THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
The number of learners offering the NSC has increased over the last three years. This is evident in the enrolment figure which has
increased by more than 50 000 candidates since 2008. This includes both full- and part-time candidates.
Figure 10 compared the number of learners who enrolled for the NSC in 2008, 2009 and 2010. From the data provided, overall in the country the number of learners en- rolled for the NSC in 2010 has increased by 21809, compared to 2009.
A total of 642001 candidates enrolled for the 2010 Grade 12 examination compared to the 620 192 that enrolled in 2009. A total of 783540 and 858754 candidates en- rolled for the public examinations in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
This unprecedented increase was due to the fact that 2006 and 2007 saw the final fulltime examinations for the Senior Certifi- cate (SC) and candidates did not want to have to transfer to the new NSC course. As a result more candidates, especially part-time candidates enrolled for the ex- aminations.
The increasing enrolment rate since the first NSC examination in 2008 indicated that the DBE is addressing the practice of “cull- ing” in which only those learners who are likely to succeed are promoted to Grade 12. Only candidates with potential are pre- sented for the examination with the inten- tion of ensuring a good performance for the school, if not a hundred percent pass rate. There is no evidence to show that this practice has been completely eradicated. The DBE will continue to fight the proper implementation of the Promotion Require- ments for Grade R – Grade 11 until the practice of culling is completely eradicated from the schooling system.
ANALYSIS OF THE 2010 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE RESULTS
The 2010 NSC examination results confirm the maturity and stability of the education system from the apartheid era to where
1 000 000 900 000 800 000 700 000 600 000 500 000 400 000 300 000 200 000 100 000 0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
FIGURE 5: The number of candidates enrolled (full-time and part-time) for Grade 12 examinations from 2006 to 2010.
400 000 350 000 300 000 250 000 200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000 0
Total Passed
2008 2009 2010
33 744 334 718 364 513
Achieved Bachelors
107 174 109 697 126 371
FIGURE 6: Comparison of performance 2008 - 2010.
Achieved Diplomas
124 258 131 035 146 224
Achieved HC
102 032 93 356 91 241
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