On Monday night, Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube announced the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric results which showed a historic pass rate of 87.3%
This was an increase from 82.9% in 2023, 80.1% in 2022 and 76.4% in 2021.
Gwarube said every province achieved above 84% pass rate.
She said 2024 produced the highest number of Bachelor passes compared to other years.
KwaZulu-Natal had the highest number of Bachelor passes followed by Gauteng and the Eastern Cape respectively.
Mpumalanga and Limpopo improved the number of distinctions compared to 2023.
The Free State was the best performing province at 91.0%, increasing its pass rate from 89.0% in 2023 with KwaZulu Natal taking second position with a pass rate of 89.5% – an increase of 3.2% from 2023.
