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Matric results: Four Free State districts among ten best performers─── KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 06:46 Fri, 20 Jan 2023
Four school districts in the Free State are among the top 10 best-performing districts in the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.
The Free State's Motheo district came out on top at number one as the best-performing district with a 90.8% pass rate.
Second is the Free State's Fezile Dabi with 90.4%; third is Johannesburg West in Gauteng (89.7%); fourth is Tshwane South in Gauteng (89%); fifth is Gauteng North (87.7%); sixth is Xhariep in the Free State (with 87.5%); seventh is Thabo Mofutsanyana in the Free State (87.3%); eighth is Ugu in KwaZulu-Natal (87.2%); ninth is Umkhanyakude in KwaZulu-Natal (with 86.3%); and tenth is Johannesburg North in Gauteng (86.2%).
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The Free State also came out on top with the best matric pass rate for the fourth year in a row. In 2019, the Free State was at the top of the summit with an 88% pass rate, in 2020, with 85% and in 2021 with 86%.
Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, on the evening of 19 January 2023, the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, announced the Free State as the leading province yet again with an 88.5% pass rate - an increase of 2.1% from the previous year.
The Free State MEC for Basic Education, Tate Makgoe, explained that part of their continued success is due to principals and Heads of Departments (HODs) who are good at motivating learners and teachers and making them thrive under any circumstances.
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"When we set targets for schools, when we say that after looking at everything we believe that this school can give us 100%, when you think of a South African school, you can think rural areas wherever, but if you say you can give us 100%, then you must come and account for why you cannot give us 100%.
"What motivates everybody is that we then involve all the teachers; they know the vision, we involve learners, we involve the parents to let them know that this school is a 100% school.
"If we all play our part, including subject advisers and circuit managers, then it's not only managers at school; it's also at the district level and the provincial level," said Makgoe.
