The decline in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric maths pass rate is not the result of a sudden collapse in teaching quality, but the outcome of long-standing weaknesses in the schooling ...

Fewer than 10 000 pupils in the country got distinctions for maths and only 1.2% of those who wrote the simpler version of maths literacy got a distinction. Hinting the matric pass rate would increase ...

The 2022 edition of the Primestars Mathematics and Science Revision Programme, sponsored by Liberty, has officially been launched. The annual initiative is aimed at supporting under-resourced ...

The quality of matric mathematics has been heavily criticised by many experts. Head of Department of the Wits School of Mathematics Betsie Jonck previously told MyBroadband that students are entering ...

The national matric maths and physical science pass rates both saw an increase in 2016. In 2015, the maths pass rate dipped below the 50% mark, after only 49.1% of pupils across the country who wrote ...

The 2023 matric results are dominating conversations in South Africa, as they have each year in the past. They are one of the traditional measures of education progress and quality, and deservedly ...

Pupils attending last year’s EduCate Matric Maths and Science Revision programme held at a cinema Photo: Supplied A unique maths and science revision programme has proven to be a significant exam mark ...

A mathematics question paper for the 2018 class of matrics has not been leaked‚ the basic education department says. In a rebuttal of a letter being circulated‚ with the heading “notice of illegal ...

Durban – The unprecedented decision by the Basic Education Department that two leaked matric exam papers be rewritten has been described as “unfair” and “premature” by some education stakeholders.