Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
Rustenburg Girls’ High School top achiever ready to tackle world of numbers – 2021 Matrics achieve outstanding results
CONGRATULATIONS to the Rustenburg Girls’ High School Matric Class of 2021, who achieved outstanding results in the 2021 NSC examinations.
Rustenburg Girls’ High School has a long tradition of success in the National Senior Certificate exams, and it regularly receives awards from the Western Cape Education Department in recognition of the consistent excellence of its results over the years.
2021 was no exception for the school.
Highlights include:
100% pass rate
98.7% Bachelors passes
611 Subject distinctions from 154 candidates
Number of subject averages of 80%+: 10
Number of subject averages of 70% – 79%: 6
Number of candidates who achieved four or more subject distinctions: 88 (57.14%)
Number of candidates who achieved 90%+ aggregate: 17 (11.04%)
Average aggregate for Grade: 78.05%
Rustenburg Girls’ High School is very proud of their top NSC candidate, Erin Coull, who achieved an aggregate of 96.5%. She received seven subject distinctions: 99% for Mathematics; 97% for Physical Sciences and Accounting; 96% for English (Home Language), Afrikaans (First Additional Language) and Life Orientation; and 94% for Geography.
When asked about her experience of the final examinations, Coull replied: “I found that the exams were presented very fairly, and that Rustenburg prepared me extremely well. I also think that being able to access past exam papers made such a difference to my confidence and I was able to approach them feeling calm.” And on her plans for the future: “My plan is to study a Business Science degree in Finance with Accounting at UCT. This is the Chartered Accounting stream which will help in my becoming qualified as a CA (SA). I thoroughly enjoy working with numbers, with a focus on analysis, and I hope to be working in investments one day.”
Her advice for the Grade 12 Class of 2022: “I would definitely recommend doing all the past papers available well in advance. Practising these past papers on the NSC and WCED websites from June onwards helped greatly in my feeling comfortable with the exam formats. I would also highly recommend speaking to teachers as much as possible, especially in the last few days leading up to the exam.”