CLASS OF 2018
OF THE 12 198 full time candidates who registered for the 2018 National Senior Certificate Examination in the Northern Cape, a total of 7 315 will see their results published in the newspaper today.
This means that 4 883 candidates – around 40% – either did not complete their examinations, made use of the multiple exam opportunity or failed.
Northern Cape Department of Education spokesperson, Geoffrey van der Merwe, said yesterday that the total number of candidates who completed the examinations and who passed would be released today when the MEC, Martha Bartlett, officially announces the results and the provincial pass rate.
According to the list of successful
The schools were pupils achieved three or more subject As include: Diamantveld High School
Eight distinctions – two pupils
Seven distinctions – five pupils
Six distinctions – five pupils
Five distinctions – two pupils
Four distinctions – three pupils
Three distinctions – five pupils Kimberley Girls’ High School Seven distinctions – six pupils
Six distinctions – five pupils
Five distinctions – one pupil
Four distinctions – seven pupils Three distinctions - six pupils Duineveld High School
Seven distinctions – two pupils
Six distinctions – two pupils
Five distinctions – two pupils
Four distinctions – seven pupils Three distinctions – four pupils Kalahari High School
Seven distinctions – two pupils
Six distinctions – one pupil
Four distinctions – two pupils
Three distinctions – six pupils Hartswater High School
Seven distinctions – two pupils
Four distinctions – four pupils
Three distinctions – two pupils Martin Oosthuizen High
Seven distinctions – one pupils
Six distinctions – two pupils
Five distinctions – two pupils
Four distinctions – one pupil
Three distinctions - one puil Postmasburg High School
Seven distinctions – one pupil
Five distinctions - one pupil
Douglas High School candidates provided by the Department of Basic Education for publication, 2 615 candidates obtained Bachelor degree passes, while 2 298 obtained diploma passes and 2 000 obtained higher certificates.
In 2017 a total of 8 735 candidates, including progressed pupils, completed the NSC examinations, of whom 6 608 passed, bringing the Northern Cape’s overall pass rate to 75.6%, a decline 3.1% in comparison to 2016.
This year, two pupils from Diamantveld High School achieved eight distinctions each, while five pupils from the same school achieved seven distinctions.
Other schools where pupils bagged seven distinctions included Kimberley Girls’ High School, where six pupils achieved this accomplishment,
Seven distinctions – one pupils Three distinctions – one pupil Noord-kaap Hoërskool
Seven distinctions – one pupil Six distinctions – one pupils
Five distinction – four pupils Four distinctions – five pupils Three distinctions – four pupils Upington Hoërskool
Seven distinctions – one pupil Six distinctions – one pupil
Five distinctions – two pupils Four distinctions – three pupils Three distinctions – three pupils Hotazel
Six distinctions – 1 pupil
Kathu Hoërskool
Six distinctions – one pupil Kgomotso High School
Six distinctions – one pupil
Five distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – two pupils Tlhwahalang High School
Six distinctions – one pupil Remmogo High School
Six distinctions – one pupil
Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – one pupil Vaalharts High
Six distinctions – one pupil
Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – one pupil Namakwaland High School Five distinctions – one pupil Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – two pupils Adamantia High School
Five distinctions – two pupils Three distinctions – one pupil High School Umso Duineveld High with two pupils each obtaining six As, Kalahari High, where two pupils obtained seven distinctions, Hartswater High, also with two pupils, and one pupil at each of the following schools – Martin Oosthuizen, Postmasburg High, Douglas High, Noord-kaap Hoërskool and Upington High School.
Twenty-two Northern Cape pupils in total achieved seven distinctions.
Five pupils from both Diamantveld High School and Kimberley Girls’ High School achieved six distinctions.
Two Duineveld High pupils also obtained six distinctions, while other pupils with six subject As came from Kalahari High (one pupil), Martin Oosthuizen (two pupils), Noord Kaap Hoërskool
Five distinctions – one pupil Four distinctions – one pupil Kimberley Boys’ High School Five distinctions – three pupils Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – one pupils De Aar High School
Five distinctions – one pupil Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – one pupil High School Baitiredi Tech Four distinctions – one pupil Concordia High School
Four distinctions – one pupil Galaletsang High School Four distinctions – one pupil Homevale High School
Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – one pupil Landbou Noord-kaapland Four distinctions – one pupil Three distinctions – one pupil Hoër Tegniese Skool
Three distinctions – five pupils Warrenton High School
Three distinctions – one pupil Hantam
Three distinctions – one pupil
St Boniface High School Three distinctions – one pupil Mogomotsi High School Three distinctions – one pupil William Pescod High School Three distinctions – one pupil Hopetown High School
Three distinctions – three pupils Danielskuil High School
Three distinctions – one pupil Calvinia High School
Three distinctions - one pupil FRIDAY (one), Upington High School (one), Hotazel High School (one), Kathu High (one), Kgomotso High School (one), Remmogo High (one) and Vaalharts (one).
Twenty-three pupils in total obtained six distinctions, while 23 received five distinctions, 43 obtained four distinctions and 55 obtained three subject As.
The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, announced the matric pass rate for the class of 2018 last night.
The top achieving pupils from across the country were also announced during Motshekga’s address.
Education Department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said yesterday before the release of the results that “year on year we are hopeful of an improvement and we work very hard to achieve that improvement”.
Mhlanga added the result needed to be understood in the context of a full year of interventions and monitoring.
“If there’s an increase, we need to look at the context. The context is that we create opportunities for pupils to learn; opportunities for pupils to be taught by other pupils who know the subject matter better or differently and other pupils who are there to support them.”
He says these results are the culmination of years of work, investment and effort from both pupils and teachers.
“Provinces have invested a lot of money to support pupils who have been struggling throughout grades, because we tracked pupil performance.”