Parliament: Keep up the good work
2013-01-03 19:55
Cape Town - The increased matric pass rate in key
subjects is a trend that should be reinforced in 2013, Parliament's basic
education portfolio committee said on Thursday.
The committee congratulated the matric class of 2012 for
increasing the overall pass rate from 70.2% to 73.9%.
"The 2012 National Senior Certificate [NSC] results
signal great improvement and positive lessons toward an improved schooling
system," committee chairperson Hope Malgas said in a statement.
It would continue improved oversight of Basic Education
Minister Angie Motshekga's strategy.
"During oversight activities and presentations made
to the committee on the readiness for the NSC last year the committee had noted
good systemic planning and interventions drawn from the lessons learnt in 2011
and 2010, when the pass rate stood at 67.8%."
Malgas commended the minister and her department for the
upward trend in the mathematic pass rate, from 46.3% in 2011 to 54%, as well as
in physical science, from 54.3% to 61.3% over the same period.
"This is critical for the enhancement of economic
growth, global competitiveness and prosperity in the country."
- SAPA
