Bachelor pass record for Gadra Matric School

On the other side of the In 2016, the Gadra Matric performance spectrum, the School enrolled 161 students. organisation is equally thrilled Of these 120 (75%) obtained that none of its students failed. Bachelor level passes, 37 South African statistics tell us (23%) Diploma passes and that one’s employment and four (2%) Higher Certificates. other prospects are negligible

Not a single student from without a matric certificate. the Class of 2016 failed. Gadra Matric School had

For the past few years, Ganot obtained a 100% pass dra Matric School has specifirate for over a decade, so the cally focused on enabling its achievement of this outcome students to achieve good qualin 2016 is doubly pleasing. ity results. Gadra Education would

It is thus very pleasing that therefore like to thank and the School has, for the fourth commend all those responsiconsecutive year, raised the ble for producing such stellar bar as far as Bachelor level results: the Principal (Melanie passes are concerned. Lancaster), the teachers, the

It was as recently as 2013 students and their parents and that Gadra Matric School first other family members. reached the 50 threshold in The purpose of Gadra Matthis regard and in 2015 the ric School is to afford young school reached the 100 milepeople who have already writstone. (It recorded 108 Bachten National Senior Certificate elor passes then.) examinations the opportunity

Now in 2016, the school has to upgrade their matric results. again broken new ground by The 120 Bachelor passes obtaining 120 Bachelor passes. referred to above derive from

This means that three out combining Gadra Matric of every four of the 2016 stuSchool results with results obdents obtained a Bachelor levtained from the initial set of el National Senior Certificate. examinations.

It should also the noted that It therefore goes without the school obtained more subsaying that the success of Gaject distinctions in 2016 than dra Matric School is continever before in its history. gent upon a functional local

This very strong perforpublic schooling arrangement. mance in the final examinaThe organisation therefore tions confirms that GMS will recognises that it builds on the remain the biggest feeder prior efforts of all local public school for Rhodes University schools. in 2016. Gadra is a community initia

Gadra Education is committive; the organisation belongs ted to assisting the university’s to all of Grahamstown and device-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mapends on a vast array of local bizela in his bid to make the people and institutions for its university more accessible to success. local youth, and Gadra Matric The closing date for Gadra School is a key institution in Matric School applications for this regard. 2017 is 16 January. • Ashley Westaway is the Manager at Gadra Education