{"id":47294,"date":"2024-01-23T05:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/matric-pass-rate-in-western-cape-81-despite-facing-an-exceptionally-challenging-year-20240123\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:05:02","slug":"matric-pass-rate-in-western-cape-81-despite-facing-an-exceptionally-challenging-year-20240123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/matric-pass-rate-in-western-cape-81-despite-facing-an-exceptionally-challenging-year-20240123\/","title":{"rendered":"Matric pass rate in Western Cape 81%, despite facing an exceptionally challenging year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Western Cape candidates achieved the top Mathematics pass rate at 75.4%, and the top Physical Sciences pass rate at 82.2%.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>With the release of the 2023 matric results on Friday 19 January, the Western Cape again boasts relatively good results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to provincial education minister David Maynier, the class of 2023 have increased the matric pass rate again to 81.54%, despite facing an exceptionally challenging year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery single one our 50 520 candidates who passed met the requirements to access higher education, with 26 182 candidates (42.2%) qualifying with a bachelors pass to attend university, our highest number of bachelors passes ever,\u201d he says in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual school results and bachelor pass percentage for the schools in the distribution area are listed below in order of result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Darul Arqam 100% (75.9%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spine Road 99.6% (85.5%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mondale High 98% (65.7%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rocklands 90.7% (45.9%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portland High 89.6% (44.2%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oval North 86.9% (17.2%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strandfontein 79.9% (26.6%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cedar Sec 77.2% (29.2%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Westridge 74.4% (22.7%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glendale 71.6% (22.2%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beacon Hill 69.9% (20.4%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodlands 69.7% (28.3%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aloe High 63.9% (20.5%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Princeton 61.2% (14.5%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AZ Berman 54.1% (13.1%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tafelsig High 48.6% (11.4%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LentegeurHigh 46.2% (9.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to our class of 2023 for their outstanding results, and for the many hours they dedicated to investing in their own future during their matric year. 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