Fact-a-day archive

Four out of five South African adults think that to be successful, you need to be well educated. (AMPS2011) This… Read More

180,585 candidates wrote Physical Science as a matric subject in 2011, with 53.4% achieving a mark of 30% and above… Read More

224,635 candidates wrote Mathematics as a matric subject in 2011 and 46.3% achieved a mark of 30% and above. 275,380… Read More

Despite more females than males writing the 2011 NSC examination (265,244 versus 230,846), males achieved a higher pass rate (71.9%… Read More

South Africa’s matric pass rate in 2011 was 70.2%, up from 67.8% in 2010. The best-performing province was the Western… Read More

South Africa’s matric pass rate in 2011 for the state-set National Senior Certificate was 70.2% while for those in private… Read More