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Class of 2020 praised for 76.2% pass rate despite Covid making schooling âextremelyâ difficult
By Chulumanco Mahamba
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Johannesburg - Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, said the matric class of 2020 proved that when the going gets tough, the tough gets going after the matric pupils obtained a 76.2% pass rate.
Motshekga announced the National Senior Certificate results for the class of 2020 yesterday.
She said they obtained the 76.2% pass rate despite the adversity faced by the pupils, compared with 81.3% in 2019 and 78.2% in 2018.
The minister added that more than 2Â 061 pupils with special needs sat for the exam, and that of those 2Â 058 passed. The minister added that 943 of the special needs matrics who passed obtained Bachelors, while 582 got diplomas, and 28 obtained National Higher Certificates.
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The country s five major unions surveyed 4 309 principals across the nine provinces, which amounts to 19% of schools nationally.
The second school readiness survey for 2021 showed an improvement in principals confidence to reopen schools.
The first survey was conducted in January.
Sixty-six percent of public school principals, surveyed by unions, say they are ready for schools to open come Monday.
This, according to the findings of the second national school readiness survey for 2021 conducted by five of the country s major teachers unions - the SA Democratic Teachers Union, National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA, South African Teachers Union, Professional Educators Union and National Teachers Union.
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Teachers will be risking their lives going back to school amid pandemic
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By Nthabiseng Malusi
As stakeholders in the schooling system and a social partner of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the provincial education departments, caring for the safety and well-being of our members and all learners in the country, the National Teachers’ Union feels obliged to state its position on the opening of the 2021 school calendar academic year, particularly under level 3 lockdown.
Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in South Africa in early March 2020 and cases peaking during the week of July 5, over the past months a major surge in cases has been reported sweeping through the country.