DA says the 'real' matric pass rate is 44.1%, not 76.2%
Nodada said the Western Cape had the highest real pass rate at 55.8%, and that the national real pass rate had increased by 5.2 percentage points from 2019. He also criticised the overburdened curriculum, lack of infrastructure and inadequate support for teachers, saying these were not problems that arose with the Covid-19 pandemic. “Unless the minister and the department urgently engage with stakeholders to address these failures, the true matric pass rate will plummet - to the detriment of our children and all our futures. This generation deserves better than perpetual poverty.” This ...