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Pass rate unimaginable >> Minister says the 2013 pass rate exceeded expectations
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OHANNESBURG — The 2013 matric pass rate exceeded the Basic Education Department’s target by reaching 78,2%, Minister Angie Motshekga said in Johannesburg on Monday. In 2012 it was 73,9%, she said. The department had aimed for a 75% pass rate by 2014. There were 576 490 full-time and 130 646 part-time matriculants for 2013. Schools in poor communities performed better, with 1 832 schools from the lower three quintiles achieving pass rates of 80% and higher. Matrics from these schools got a total of 78 407 bachelor passes, required for admission to universities. “The notion that the schools from the more elite communities are propping up the pass rate is therefore invalid,” Motshekga said. Every province, except the Northern Cape, improved its pass rate compared to 2012. The Free State was the top performing province, increasing its pass rate from 81,1% in 2012 to 87,4% in 2013. The province with the lowest pass rate was the Eastern Cape with 64,9%, up from 61,4% the previous year. The results for the other provinces, for 2012 and 2013, were: • Western Cape: 82,8% and 85,1%; • Limpopo: 66,9% and 71,8%. It had a 48% pass rate in 2009; • Northern Cape: 74,6% and 74,5%; • KwaZulu-Natal: 73,1% and 77,4%; • Mpumalanga: 70% and 77,6%; • Gauteng: 83,9% and 87%; • North West: 79,5% and 87,2%. — Sapa .
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Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga
Cash scams in Mandela’s name ECHO REPORTER IN less than a month that former President Nelson Mandela was buried, people are already intent on capitalising on his death. Scam e–mails of people claiming to be the global icon’s lawyer who has been given the authority to execute Mandela‘s will continue to circulate. The email comes from Peter S Limo who claims to be the former president’s lawyer who is based in the UK. In an email sent to Echo, it reads: “This is very confi dential and needs to be treated privately because of
the present clash in the family. I am John Radebe, late Mr Nelson Mandela’s family lawyer, your name was found in late Mr. Nelson Mandela’s will to be giving the sum of R3.5 million to help your community. For more details on this matter, contact Nelson Mandela’s UK Lawyer, Peter S Limo on petersli mofirm@gmail.com with your names to guard you throughsothatyourinheritancecanbereleasetoyou. Or call +447509757193”. The Nelson Mandela Foundation had not commented on the issue at the time of going to print.
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