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Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that while the province accepted the results released by the quality assurance body, it failed to acknowledge the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic on matrics.

Pretoria’s Hoërskools Waterkloof, Menlopark and Garsfontein are the top performing schools in Gauteng.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says the education quality assurance body has been unfair to the class of 2020.

The Gauteng government is on Wednesday holding a special event in Johannesburg today to honour the class of 2020 for their performance in the national senior certificate exams.

There are 694 pupils who have not been placed in Gauteng schools.

"We will always remember them and say it was not in vain," Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has said while dedicating the province's 83.8% matric pass rate to all teachers and officials who have died as a result of Covid-19.

Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi has revealed that Covid-19 was responsible for the deaths of 34 of the province’s teachers.

Gauteng had the most ever candidates qualifying for bachelor studies.

Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has praised the matric class of 2020 for their performance in the exams during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a special event in Johannesburg earlier on Wednesday.

Gauteng's education department on Wednesday named the worst performing schools in the 2020 academic year as Kgothalang Secondary in the West Rand and Eureka High in Springs.

The overall matric pass rate for 2020 may have dropped by 5.1% compared to 2019, but the resilience shown by pupils while studying under Covid-19 has received high praise.

In an unpresented school year - hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and several lockdowns - Lesufi said it was a tough time for teachers, parents and pupils.

Education MECs across South Africa held ceremonies to congratulate the Class of 2020.

More than 1,500 pupils from Diepsloot Secondary School, north of Johannesburg, are yet to resume classes after their school was vandalised during the holidays.

More than 1,500 pupils from Diepsloot Secondary School in the north of Johannesburg are yet to resume classes after their school was vandalised during the holidays.

Minister of basic education Angie Motshekga is expected to announce the 2020 matric results on Monday afternoon.

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A GRADE 7 pupil from Protea South Primary School in Soweto collapsed and died in the classroom on Wednesday, 17 February.

Official reports indicate that the learner incident took place at a Soweto school on Wednesday morning before the lunch break.

The Gauteng Education Department has appointed an “independent investigative body” to probe the mysterious death of a Grade 7 pupil who collapsed in a classroom at a Soweto school on Wednesday.