Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the matric results for the year 2022.
Motshekga lauded the class of 2022 for producing a pass rate of 80.1% despite challenges with the pandemic and load shedding.
The provinces performed as follows:
- Gauteng: 84.4%
- KZN: 83%
- Free State: 88.5%
- Eastern Cape: 77.3%
- Limpopo: 72.1%
- Mpumalanga: 76.8%
- Northern Cape: 74.2%
- North West: 79.8%
- Western Cape: 81.4%
The highest improvement was KZN, which jumped by 6.2 percentage points.
Western Cape Education MEC David Maynier has congratulated the matric Class of 2022 saying increasing the provincial matric pass rate to 81.4%, with 49 102 candidates passing their exams – the largest number of successful candidates ever.
Maynier says every single one of the candidates received a matric pass that makes them eligible to apply to universities or colleges.
In addition, five Western Cape candidates were recognised by the national Minister as the best of the best – including the top candidate in the whole country.
Top candidates in Quintile 5:
1st place: Kelly Grace Prowse (Rustenberg Girls’ High School)
2nd place: Simone Anna Mart Louw (Bloemhof High School)
3rd place: Kenneth Janson (Hoer Jongenskool Paarl)
Top candidates in Quintile 3:
2nd place: Athenkosi Khonzani (Centre of Science and Technology – COSAT)
Top candidates in Mathematics:
1st place: Kelly Grace Prowse (Rustenberg Girls’ High School)
3rd place: Jason Frederik de Villiers (Rondebosch Boys’ High)
Maynier has echoed Minister Motshekga’s sentiments in that the achievement of the class of 2022 is made all the more extraordinary, due to the fact that they were at the greatest disadvantage due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and other disruptions during the exam period.
”This class was one of the last to go back to school in 2020, and were not at school every day during 2021. Their curriculum was trimmed for three years, but the matric exams tested the full content. And they did not have any exam practice in Grade 10 and 11.
In matric, they have struggled with the ongoing challenge of load-shedding. While we were able to conduct all of our exams successfully despite the power cuts, they left many learners in the dark in the evenings when they needed to study.”
Maynier says candidates had incredible support from their teachers, parents, and district offices.
“26 000 learners attended winter school, and 23 000 attended spring school, during school holidays. In addition, schools held afternoon and Saturday classes, districts organized streamed lessons, our ePortal had dedicated matric resources, and special attention was also paid to the wellbeing and mental health of our learners this year.
We thank everyone who played a role in supporting our candidates, especially our matric teachers who have done a phenomenal job in tough circumstances to prepare their learners.”
Maynier says another key ingredient is the unbeatable spirit of the Class of 2022.
”Faced with the challenges of the pandemic and load-shedding, they could have been tempted to give up. But they showed incredible grit, and gave their all, putting in hundreds of extra hours of work, and investing in their own futures.”
Candidates can collect their results from their schools from 11h00 tomorrow, 20 January 2022. They will also be available on the WCED website:
