By Zanele Zama,
Bongani Bingwa spoke to principals from the top-performing schools and a matriculant Jubilee Dongowho got 9 distinctions.
It’s celebrations across from the class of 2021.
While releasing the matric results on Thursday, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, congratulated the matric class of 2021 for achieving high-quality passes despite the pandemic.
The National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric class of 2021 overall pass rate stands at 76.4%.
Bongani Bingwa spoke to Jubille Dongo from Masibambane College in Orange farm who obtained 9 distinctions and want to study Actuarial Sciences at Wits.
Learning in grade 11 was a bit challenging because the covid pandemic was still new and all that but I really want to commend our teachers and the school on how they managed to help us through that transition. I was not expecting a distinction in English.
Jubilee Dongo, Matriculant – Masibambane College