The matric pass rate for the class of 2022 has shown an increase from the previous year.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the much-anticipated national results in Randburg on Thursday, saying this was an improvement of 3.7% compared to the previous year.
"The 2022 NSC overall pass rate has reached the 80.1%, compared with 76.4% in 2021. This is an improvement of 3.7% from the pass rate achieved by the class of 2021."
"This represents a record of 580 555 candidates who passed the 2022 NSC examinations - an improvement of 7.9% passes by number achieved by the class of 2021," she said.
A total of 920 634 pupils registered for the National Senior Certificate exams.
More 800 000 pupils, both full-time and part-time, sat down for the assessments.
The Free-State, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal came up on top by producing the highest pass rates.
The three provinces recorded 88.5%, 84.4%, and 83% respectively.
The Minister singled out KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the two provinces that contributed the most Bachelor passes, with 69 849 (an increase of 12.9% from 2021) and 58 119 (an increase of 4.1% from 2021), respectively.
In addition, Free State was once again named the best-performing province, with an 88.5% pass rate, when the Minister announced the much-awaited Matric results.
"We should state that none of the provinces performed below the 70% pass rate; and none had a decline when their 2022 results are compared with those of the previous year," Motshekga said.
In addition, she said five provinces performed above the 70% pass rate, while four achieved over 80%.
The provinces with the highest improvements in their performances are KwaZulu-Natal with a 6.2% improvement, Limpopo with 5.3%, and the Eastern Cape with 4.3%, to 77.3%.
