TECHNICAL BRIEFING

National Senior Certificate results of the class of 2011

Presentation by

Dr SNP Sishi

Superintendent-General

Head of Department: Education

Republic of South Africa

principles for standardization

1. Pairs analysis used as the basis for the adjustment

of marks.

2. No adjustments beyond 10% will be accepted unless

under exceptional circumstances.

3. Qualitative data must be used to support the

statistical findings.

4. Balance between statistical and educational

probability.

5. The raw marks of the current examination must be

compared to the raw marks of the past years years.

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NSC subjects

1. SCIENCES: IT / CAT / Mathematics / Mathematical Literacy / Life Sciences / Physical Sciences

2. BCM: Accounting / Business Studies / Economics

3. HSS: Geography / History / Religion Studies / Life Orientation

4. AGRICULTURE: Agric Sciences / Agric Management Practices / Agric Technology

5. ARTS: Dramatic Arts / Visual Arts / Music / Dance Studies / Design

6. TECHNOLOGY: Engineering Graphics and Design / Electrical Tech / Civil Tech / Mechanical Tech

7. SERVICES: Consumer Studies / Tourism / Hospitality Studies

8. LANGUAGES (11 official and 13 non-official)

subjects

Fields Subjects Related Skills assessed

PHYSICAL,

MATHEMATICAL,

COMPUTER AND LIFE

SCIENCES

IT / CAT / Mathematics /

Mathematical Literacy / Life

Sciences / Physical Sciences

Problem solving, Critical

thinking, Analytical,

Technological, Information

management

MANUFACTURING,

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

Engineering Graphics and

Design / Electrical Tech / Civil

Tech / Mechanical Tech

Manufacturing, Engineering,

Construction

BUSINESS,

COMMERCE AND

MANAGEMENT

Accounting / Business Studies /

Economics

Finance and

Economic management,

Book keeping, Entrepreneurial

AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES

Agric Sciences / Agric

Management Practices / Agric

Technology

Agricultural, Entrepreneurial

Subjects contd. Fields Subjects Skills

ARTS AND

CULTURE

Dramatic Arts / Visual Arts / Music / Dance

Studies / Design

Publicity,

Marketing,

Entrepreneurial

HUMAN AND

SOCIAL

SCIENCES

Geography / History / Religion Studies /

Life Orientation

Analytical,

Negotiating, Life

skills

SERVICES

Consumer Studies / Tourism / Hospitality

Studies

Entrepreneurial,

Marketing,

LANGUAGES 11 official and 13 non-official at HL, FAL

and SAL level

Communication,

Publishing,

Editing,

Interpretation

what is assessed

1. Knowledge, Skills and Values are assessed

2. Critical thinking, problem solving and Analytical skills are assessed across all subjects in addition to specific skills required in the subject

3. A wide variety of different skills are assessed across different subjects allowing each matriculant offering 7 subjects to be well grounded in a variety of skills

marking

1. Appointment of competent markers-advisors reports on school marking

2. Publication of exemplars on learner responses-standard setting

3. Evaluation of marking guidelines and question papers by selected specialists in the PEDs prior to memo discussion.

4. Memoranda – development of marking guidelines.

5. Training of markers, senior markers and chief markers

6. Norms and standards

7. Pre-marking of representative sample of learners’ scripts-screening of markers.

8. Strengthening internal moderation.

9. More intensive control of standards– I senior marker for every 5 markers.

10. Capturing of Marks

11. Assessment of markers

12. Quality assurance

Subject Duration of question paper Norm time for Setting and moderation (per paper)

Norm time for marking

(minutes)

Mathematics P1:3hrs

P2:3hrs

P3(optional): 3hrs

10 days

10 days

7 days

27

26

25

Physical Sciences

P1 :Physics 3hrs

P2: Chemistry 3hrs

10 days

10 days

30

27

History P1: 3hrs

P2: 3hrs

9 days

9days

33

34

Accounting 3hrs 10 days 29

English First Additional Language

P1 Language

P2 Literature

P3 creative writing

7 days

10 days

5 days

18

23

25

NORM TIMES FOR MARKING

Overview

• The National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations are written after

twelve years of formal schooling.

• signify the end of the Further Education and Training band.

• Candidate must complete the programme requirements for Grade

10, 11 and 12, separately.

Requirements for the NSC For a candidate to obtain a National Senior Certificate he/she must:

(a) complete the programme requirements for Grades 10, 11 and 12 separately

and obtain the distinct outcomes and associated assessment standards for

all three years; and

(b) comply with the internal assessment requirements for Grades 10, 11 and 12

and the external assessment requirements of Grade 12;

(c) achieve 40% in three subjects, one of which is an official language at Home

Language Level;

(d) achieve 30 % in three subjects; and

(e) provide full evidence in the school–based assessment component in the

subject failed.

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SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS

• Seven subjects = 4 compulsory + 3 choice subjects

– 4 compulsory subjects: 2 X Official Lang + Maths / Maths Lit + LO

• One Language = HL

• Other Lang = FAL or HL

• One of the 2 Lang = LoLT

– 3 other subjects: any 3 from list of approved NCS subjects

• Max. of 2 Languages = Official and/or non-official

• May offer one non-DoE examined subject in place of one NCS subject

• Provisos

– Additional subjects

• Offer for all 3 years (Gr.10-12)

• Meet internal and external assessment requirements in each subject

– Only one Language per Language group

– A Language cannot be taken on different levels

– May not take both Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy

requirements

Subject Achievement Level

One Home Language

One Home or First Additional

Language

Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy

Life Orientation

3 x subjects selected from the

approved subject list

40 %

2 x subjects with 40 %

3 x subjects with 30 %

1 x subject less than 30%

(evidence of SBA)

Requirements for the NSC

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assessment requirements

1. Grades R – 8

I. Internal assessment (school-based) = 100%

2. Grade 9

I. Internal assessment (school-based) = 75%

II. External assessment (CTA) = 25%

III. CASS externally moderated

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3. Grades 10 and 11

I. Internal assessment (school-based) = 100%

II. Tasks undertaken during school year = 25%

III. End-of-year assessment = 75%

IV. All internally set, marked and moderated

4. Grade 12

I. Internal assessment (school-based) = 25%

II. External assessment = 75%

III. All externally moderated

5. Exception = Life Orientation Grades 10-12

I. Internal assessment (school-based) = 100%

II. Not externally assessed

Message from the President, His

Excellency, JG Zuma

“I wish to congratulate all the Matrics who sat for their National Senior Certificate examinations in 2011. I’ll also like to draw special attention to those Matriculants who even though faced with adverse learning conditions, performed exceptionally well”

Further, the President sent his well wishes to those who did not pass, saying they should persevere until they have attained their educational goals

President JG Zuma, Republic of South Africa

the class of 2011 1. The class of 2011 can be referred to as the true children of democracy -

started their schooling post 1994 (Grade 1 in 2000).

2. The class of 2011 has experienced twelve years of schooling under a democratic government when the education system and the amalgamation of the 17 departments of education became fairly stable.

3. The class of 2011 benefitted from assessment and examination material of the last three years because they are the fourth group to seat for the National Senior Certificate Examination.

4. The class of 2011 was exposed to the three different curriculum reviews. These are:

I. Curriculum 2005 II. Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) III. The changed Life Sciences content which was introduced in 2009 at grade

10.

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83201

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40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

KwaZulu-Natal

Overall Provincial Performance

Number Wrote Number Passed

83

20

1

69

00

0

47

09

1

37

99

7

33

00

0

31

18

7

19

73

7

19

61

8

69

57

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

Numbers wrote and Achieved per province in 2011

Number Passed

57.8 61.1

70.7 68.1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2008 2009 2010 2011

Pass rate: 2008 - 2011 compared in 2011

Enrolled Wrote

Bachelors

H. Cert

Diploma NSC

Not Achieve

d

Provincial 127056 122126 27397 21331 34190 283 37811

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

Performance in different categories in 2011

30037

27397

15214

12946

10291 8866

7187 6817

2012

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Number of Bachelor Passes in 2011

50

174

408

491

578

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Performance in different categories in 2011

0 – 19.9% No. 20 – 39.9% No. 40 – 59.9% No. 60 – 79.9% No. 80 –100% No.

2.83

10.25

23.62

29.32

34.03

0.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00

40.00

% % % % %

0-19.9 20 - 39.9 40 - 59.9 60 - 69.9 80 - 100

Achievement Rate in different categories: 2011

58729 63397

122126

40337 42867

83204

0

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40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Provincial

performance per gender in 2011

TOTAL WROTE TOTAL ACHIEVED

Quintile Wrote Passed Pass %

1 22047 13111 59.47

2 28387 18110 63.8

3 26935 17149 63.67

4 22528 16160 71.73

5 18099 15726 86.89

performance according to quintile ranks

1 2 3 4 5

Wrote 22047 28387 26935 22528 18099

Passed 13111 18110 17149 16160 15726

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

Performance in Quintiles

1 2 3 4 5

Pass % 59.47 63.8 63.67 71.73 86.89

59.47 63.8 63.67

71.73

86.89

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Pass Rate per Quintile

22

56 55

60

66

78

27

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

0 - 19.99 20 - 39.99 40 - 49.99 50 - 69.99 70 - 79.99 80 -99.99 100

Performance of schools in Q1

16

50

67 68

81

102

13

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

0 - 19.99 20 - 39.99 40 - 49.99 50 - 69.99 70 - 79.99 80 -99.99 100

performance of schools in Q2

5

35 34

57

46

73

10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

0 - 19.99 20 - 39.99 40 - 49.99 50 - 69.99 70 - 79.99 80 -99.99 100

Performance of schools in Q3

2

13 15

22 25

82

11

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

0 - 19.99 20 - 39.99 40 - 49.99 50 - 69.99 70 - 79.99 80 -99.99 100

performance of schools in Q4

0 2 3 7

14

104

22

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

0 - 19.99 20 - 39.99 40 - 49.99 50 - 69.99 70 - 79.99 80 -99.99 100

Performance of schools in Q5

Q1, 27

Q2, 13

Q3, 10

Q4, 11

Q5, 22

Schools that obtained 100% in different quintiles

Subject Total wrote Total achieved at

30% and above

% achieved

at 30% and

above

Total

achieved at

40% and

above

% achieved

at 40% and

above

Accounting 40064 24980 62.35 14356 35.83

Agricultural

Sciences 17281 12956 74.97 7702 44.57

Business Studies 49847 39074 78.39 27859 55.89

Economics 33893 25023 73.83 15040 44.37

Geography 48252 35569 73.72 23636 48.98

History 21436 17343 80.91 12867 60.03

Life Orientation 125595 124447 99.09 123554 98.37

Life Sciences 63566 43704 68.75 26691 41.99

Mathematical

Literacy 61591 49847 80.93 34863 56.60

Mathematics 61483 24284 39.5 14235 23.15

performance in selected subjects

SUBJECT ANALYSIS

SUBJECT GENDER TOTAL WROTE TOTAL

ACHIEVED

PERCENTAG

E ACHIEVED

Mathematics

Male 29033 12721 43.82

Female 32450 11563 35.63

Total 61483 24284 39.5

Physical Sciences

Male 22200 12000 54.05

Female 23140 11516 49.77

Total 45340 23516 51.87

performance in gender

Subject Total Total achieved

at 40% and

above

%

Achieved wrote

AFRIKAANS 897 894 99.67

ENGLISH 21378 20265 94.79

ISIXHOSA 2565 2564 99.96

ISIZULU 98795 98518 99.72

SESOTHO 41 41 100

performance in Home Languages

Subject Total

wrote

Total achieved

at 40% and

above

% Achieved

AFRIKAANS 11766 8221 69.87

ENGLISH 101962 72586 71.17

ISiXHOSA 81 81 100

ISIZULU 9159 9069 99.02

SESOTHO 0 0 0

performance in the First Additional Languages

SUBJECT GENDER TOTAL WROTE TOTAL

ACHIEVED

PERCENTAGE

ACHIEVED

Mathematics

Male 29033 12721 43.82

Female 32450 11563 35.63

Total 61483 24284 39.5

Physical Sciences

Male 22200 12000 54.05

Female 23140 11516 49.77

Total 45340 23516 51.87

performance in Mathematics and Physical Science

MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES PER

DISTRICT

MATHEMATICS

NO DISTRICT ABOVE 60%

1 DISTRICT ABOVE 50%

5 DISTRICTS ABOVE 40%

6 DISTRICTS ABOVE 30%

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1 DISTRICT ABOVE 60%

6 DISTRICTS ABOVE 50%

5 DISTRICTS ABOVE 40%

NO DISTRICT @ 30’S

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

ACCN @30% 42647 29417 40 064 24980

40% and above 17362 14356

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

Accounting

68.98

40.71

62.4

35.8

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

Accounting

Accounting

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

AGRIS @30% 16418 12085 17 281 12956

40% and above 6986 7702

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

20000

Agricultural Science

73.61

42.55

75.0

44.6

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Science

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

BSTD @30% 49477 38214 49 847 39074

40% and above 26840 27859

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Business Studies

77.24

54.25

78.4

55.9

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

Business Studies

Business Studies

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

ECON @30% 33702 27309 33 893 25023

40% and above 18409 15040

0

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10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

Economics

81.03

54.62

73.8

44.4

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

Economics

Economics

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

GEOG @30% 45680 32559 48 252 35569

40% and above 21025 23636

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000 Geography

71.28

46.03

73.7

49.0

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

Geography

Geography

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

HIST @30% 19664 16508 21 436 17343

40% and above 12663 12867

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

History

83.95

64.40

80.9

60.0

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

History

History

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

LFSC @30% 64412 49340 63 566 43704

40% and above 35172 26691

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

Life Science

76.60

54.60

68.8

42.0

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

Life Sciences

Life Sciences

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

MLIT@30% 58001 48195 61 591 49847

40% and above

34763 34863

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

Mathematical Literacy

83.09

59.94

80.9

56.6

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

Mathematical Literacy

Mathematical Literacy

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

MATHS@30% 65973 31407 61 483 24284

40% and above 19425 14235

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

Mathematics

47.61

29.44

39.5

23.2

0.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00

40.00

45.00

50.00

Mathematics

Mathematics

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

wrote Achieved wrote Achieved

2010 2011

PHSC@30% 47323 23856 45 340 23516

40% and above 14322 13965

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

Physical Science

50.41

30.26

51.9

30.8

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences

2010 % @ 30% 2010 % @ 40% 2011 % @ 30% 2011 % @ 40%

OVERALL DISTRICT

RESULTS

Districts Total Wrote Total Achieved % Achieved

Amajuba 5687 4156 73.08

UThungulu 14230 9069 63.73

UMkhanyakude 10400 5748 55.27

Zululand 13628 9072 66.57

Uthukela 8756 5991 68.42

Umzinyathi 6522 4627 70.94

Umgungundl. 10700 7733 72.27

Sisonke 5339 3523 65.99

Ilembe 7030 4616 65.66

Pinetown 14314 9807 68.51

Ugu 9128 6241 68.37

Umlazi 16392 12618 76.98

Province 122126 83201 68.1

overall performance per district

76.99 73.08 72.27 70.94

68.51 68.42 68.37 66.57 65.99 65.66 63.74

55.27

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90 Pass Percentage in rank order

Districts Enrolle

d Wrote

Achieve Achieve

d

Diploma

Achieved Achieved Not

Achieved Bachelors H. Cert. NSC

Amajuba 5845 5687 1389 1687 1079 1 1531

UThungulu 15028 14230 2587 3931 2493 58 4998

UMkhanyakude 10783 10400 1321 2477 1933 17 4511

Zululand 14336 13628 2577 3707 2713 75 4459

Uthukela 9016 8756 1825 2414 1714 38 2652

Umzinyathi 6793 6522 1304 1967 1318 38 1763

Umgungundl. 11122 10700 3012 3054 1664 3 2844

Sisonke 5596 5339 983 1488 1048 4 1744

Ilembe 7236 7030 1272 1989 1322 33 2246

Pinetown 14815 14314 3779 3895 2128 5 4449

Ugu 9401 9128 1956 2584 1693 8 2887

Umlazi 17085 16392 5392 4997 2226 3 3727

Provincial 127056 122126 27397 34190 21331 283 37811

performance in different categories

District Name Pass Rate 2008 Pass Rate 2009 Pass Rate 2010 Pass Rate 2011

AMAJUBA 60.77 64.53 78.78 73.08

ILEMBE 50.88 55.63 69.33 65.66

PINETOWN 63.62 64.77 71.24 68.51

SISONKE 43.56 45.75 62.02 65.99

UGU 57.38 60.03 69.08 68.37

UMGUNGUNDLOVU 65.17 66.68 75.86 72.27

UMKHANYAKUDE 38.77 48.82 63.53 55.27

UMLAZI 75.2 72.12 78.85 76.99

UMZINYATHI 48.84 55.92 69.22 70.94

UTHUKELA 58.98 64.64 73.4 68.42

UTHUNGULU 48.73 52.91 63.98 63.74

ZULULAND 56.02 61.78 66.57 66.57

PROVINCE 55.66 59.47 70.16 67.98

district pass rates- a comparative analysis

District Name PassRate2008 Pass Rate2011 Different

AMAJUBA 60.77 73.08 12.31

ILEMBE 50.88 65.66 14.78

PINETOWN 63.62 68.51 4.89

SISONKE 43.56 65.99 22.43

UGU 57.38 68.37 10.99

UMGUNGUNDLOVU 65.17 72.27 7.1

UMKHANYAKUDE 38.77 55.27 16.5

UMLAZI 75.2 76.99 1.79

UMZINYATHI 48.84 70.94 22.1

UTHUKELA 58.98 68.42 9.44

UTHUNGULU 48.73 63.74 15.01

ZULULAND 56.02 66.57 10.55

PROVINCE 57.8 68.1 10.3

quantum of improvement: 2008 - 2011

0

12.31

14.78

4.89

22.43

10.99

7.1

16.5

1.79

22.1

9.44

15.01

10.55 10.3

0

5

10

15

20

25

quantum of improvement

Districts

2010 2011

% Achieved % Not

Achieved % Achieved

% Not

Achieved Difference

Amajuba 78.78 21.22 73.08 26.92 -5.70

UThungulu 63.98 36.02 63.73 35.12 -0.25

UMkhanyakude 63.53 36.47 55.27 43.38 -8.26

Zululand 66.57 33.43 66.57 32.72 0.00

Uthukela 73.4 26.6 68.42 30.29 -4.98

Umzinyathi 69.22 30.78 70.94 27.03 1.72

Umgungundlovu 75.86 24.14 72.27 26.58 -3.59

Sisonke 62.02 37.98 65.99 32.67 3.97

Ilembe 69.33 30.67 65.66 31.95 -3.67

Pinetown 71.24 28.76 68.51 31.08 -2.73

Ugu 69.08 30.92 68.37 61.63 -0.71

Umlazi 78.85 21.15 76.98 22.74 -1.87

Province 70.16 29.85 68.1 33.51 -2.00

comparative analysis-2010 and 2011

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66

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73

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90

District Performance 2010 and 2011 compared

2010 % Achieved 2011 % Achieved

Districts GENDER 2011

TOTAL WROTE TOTAL ACHIEVED % ACHIEVED

Amajuba MALE 2838 2108 74.28

FEMALE 2849 2048 71.88

UThungulu MALE 6502 4128 63.49

FEMALE 7728 4942 63.95

uMkhanyakude MALE 4906 2839 57.87

FEMALE 5494 2909 52.95

Zululand MALE 6589 4490 68.14

FEMALE 7039 4582 65.09

Uthukela MALE 4351 3031 69.66

FEMALE 4405 2960 67.2

Umzinyathi MALE 3043 2209 72.59

FEMALE 3479 2418 69.5

Umgungundlovu MALE 5260 3794 72.13

FEMALE 5440 3939 72.41

Sisonke MALE 2420 1639 67.73

FEMALE 2919 1884 64.54

Ilembe MALE 3377 2200 65.15

FEMALE 3653 2416 66.14

Pinetown MALE 7010 4722 67.36

FEMALE 7304 5085 69.62

Ugu MALE 4581 3179 69.4

FEMALE 4547 3062 67.34

Umlazi MALE 7852 5998 76.39

FEMALE 8540 6622 77.54

overall performance by gender

DISTRICTS TOTAL

WROTE

TOTAL

PASS

BARCH.

%

BARCH.

PASS

TOTAL

PASS

DIPLOMA

%

DIPLOM

A

PASS

TOTAL

PASS

HIGHER

CERT.

%

HIGHER

CERT.

PASS

TOTAL

PASS

NSC.

%

NSC.

PASS

Amajuba 5687 1389 24.42 1687 29.66 1079 18.97 4156 73.08

UThungulu 14230 2587 18.18 3931 27.62 2493 17.52 9069 63.73

UMkhanyakude 10400 1321 12.7 2477 23.82 1933 18.59 5748 55.27

Zululand 13628 2577 18.91 3707 27.2 2713 19.91 9072 66.57

Uthukela 8756 1825 20.84 2414 27.57 1714 19.58 5991 68.42

Umzinyathi 6522 1304 19.99 1967 30.16 1318 20.21 4627 70.94

Umgungundlovu 10700 3012 28.15 3054 28.54 1664 15.55 7733 72.27

Sisonke 5339 983 18.41 1488 27.87 1048 19.63 3523 65.99

ILembe 7030 1272 18.09 1989 28.29 1322 18.81 4616 65.66

Pinetown 14314 3779 26.4 3895 27.21 2128 14.87 9807 68.51

Ugu 9128 1956 21.43 2584 28.31 1693 18.55 6241 68.37

Umlazi 16392 5392 32.89 4997 30.48 2226 13.58 12618 76.98

Province 122126 27397 21.70 34190 28.06 21331 17.98 83201 68.1

passes by qualification

DISTRICTS 0 – 19.9% 20 – 39.9% 40 – 59.9% 60 – 79.9% 80 –100%

No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Amajuba 0 0 7 10.4 10 14.9 22 32.8 28 41.8

UThungulu 9 4.6 29 14.9 54 27.7 52 26.7 51 26.2

UMkhanyakude 5 3.4 30 20.3 48 32.4 43 29.1 22 14.9

Zululand 7 3.4 15 7.3 57 27.7 68 33 59 28.6

Uthukela 1 0.8 15 11.4 29 22 39 29.5 48 36.4

Umzinyathi 4 3.1 4 3.1 25 19.1 52 39.7 46 35.1

Umgungundlov

u 5 3.3 14 9.2 33 21.7 36 23.7 64 42.1

Sisonke 2 2.4 9 10.6 27 31.8 25 29.4 22 25.9

ILembe 9 7.4 11 9.1 25 20.7 38 31.4 38 31.4

Pinetown 2 1.2 15 9.3 38 23.5 40 24.7 67 41.4

Ugu 4 3.1 15 11.6 31 24 40 31 39 30.2

Umlazi 2 1.2 10 5.8 31 17.9 36 20.8 94 54.3

Province 50 2.83 174 10.25 408 23.62 491 29.32 578 34.03

pass rate in different categories

OVER 60% SCHOOLS PER DISTRICT PER CATEGORY

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20

40

60

80

100

AMAJU

BA

UTHUNGULU

ILEMBE

UMKANYAKD.

UTHUKELA

PINETOWN

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UMLAZI

UMZINY.

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60-69% 70-79% 80-100%

Way Forward 1. Support children’s brain

development for early learning

2. Use every moment of the

available instructional time

3. Ensure that all have textbooks

to take home

4. Teach fluent reading and

calculation in grades 1

and 2

5. Teach basic skills to young

students in their mother

Tongue

6. Base educator training on a

few well researched learning

principles

7. Ensure effective teacher

incentives and goals