Matric Results: Inmates Achieve 10% Higher Pass Rate Than National
- The matric inmate class of 2020 scored a higher pass rate than the national rate announced recently
- Minister of Justice and Correctional service Ronald Lamola spoke about the increase in the pass rate over the past few years
- Lamola also noted that the global pandemic had affected learning for the inmates
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Minister of Justice and Correctional service Ronald Lamola announced that the matric inmate pass rate for the year 2020 increased to 86.3% for full-time students. Lamola noted that this was higher than the national pass rate which sat at 76.2%.
The matric inmates achieved a massive 76 distinctions and 78 bachelor passes. The pass rate is a big increase for the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) as there was an 82.6% pass rate in 2019.
The global pandemic affected the class of 2020 badly, with the constant closing and reopening of schools, however, Lamola stated that the Covid-19 pandemic had also affected the inmates' teaching and learning.
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IOL reported that while speaking on the effect of the global pandemic on inmates, Lamola explained that the inmates were registered at 17 different schools and experienced normal public classrooms setups until lockdown started.
He added that the inmates relied on digital learning as well as teaching and learning programmes on TV and through the radio.
A report by Times Live stated that the DCS had lost two of its teachers to Covid-19 and that class attendance faced significant disruption due to the pandemic.
In other news about matrics, Briefly.co.za recently reported that the results of 2020 revealed the Western Cape's pass rate had declined since 2019. The province's pass rate dropped from 82.3% in 2019 to 79.9%.
On the good news side, the Western Cape delivered the top two candidates in mathematics, nationally, for the second year in a row. The province also achieved it's highest bachelor's pass rate ever.
Over 22 600 candidates achieved a bachelor's pass out of the over 51 600 learners who wrote the National Senior Certificate examinations in 2020. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said he was proud of the matric class of 2020's achievement adding that the province's matrics managed a remarkable feat, according to a report by News24.
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