PHUTI MOSOMANE
GAUTENG Education MEC Matome Chiloane said the 84.4% overall performance in the 2022 matric results showed that the Gauteng education system is on the right track.
Chiloane congratulated Gauteng’s matric class of 2022 for achieving an outstanding pass rate of 84.4%. A 1.7% increase from 2021.
This achievement is a 1.7% improvement from the 2021 matric results of 82.8% and puts Gauteng as the second top performing province in South Africa.
More schools in Gauteng have achieved a 100% pass rate. In 2021 131 schools managed to ace the exams with a 100% pass rate, the figure has risen to 149 schools for the 2022 matric exams.
Similarly, more schools achieved a pass rate of above 95% in 2022 than in the previous year. In 2022 a total of 290 schools achieved above 95%, compared to 265 in 2021.The province has achieved bachelor entry pass rate of 43.4%.
“This goes to show how dedication, resilience, and hard work in 2022 proved to be the elements of success for Gauteng’s Class of 2022, who achieved an outstanding pass rate of 84.4%,” he told top achievers in Soshanguve East Secondary School on Friday.
Gauteng is the second best performing province below the Free State province.
Chiloane said the class of 2022 navigated two years of disrupted schooling in 2020 and 2021 brought by COVID-19, and an overloaded curriculum programme in the run-up to their Grade 12 examinations.
“Equipped with the mindset to accomplish improved performance, the class of 2022 set off on a purposeful course to identify achievable goals. utilise available tailored resources provided through school, district and provincial learner support initiatives and maximise the additional structured time allocated through interventions and all other support,” he said.
He said the 2022 matric outcomes were a result of “dedicated collective support of parents and school communities and entrusted efforts by teachers, social administrators and managers, district and provincial officials contributing to rendering the class of 2022 exam ready”.
Five Gauteng Districts performed above 80%, with four districts being part of the Top 10 Performing Districts in the country, having achieved pass rates of more than 85% each:
- Johannesburg West 89.74% (+3.14%) [3rd Place nationally]
- Tshwane South 89.96% (-0.34%) [4th Place nationally]
- Gauteng North 87.71% (+7.51%) [5th Place nationally]
- Johannesburg North 86.19% (+1.29%) [10th Place nationally]
- Ekurhuleni South 85.69% (-0.61%)
- Sedibeng East 85.24% (+3.84%)
- Johannesburg East 84.21% (+0.81%)
- Gauteng East 83.58% (+6.08%)
- Tshwane North 83.46% (+0.26%)
- Ekurhuleni North 82.93% (+0.73%)
- Johannesburg South 82.80% (+4.5%)
- Gauteng West 82.10% (+2.8%)
- Johannesburg Central 82.03% (+1.23%)
- Tshwane West 81.98% (-0.32%)
- Sedibeng West 81.68% (+2.58%)
Equally, Chiloane said the department must also attend schools that consistently perform below par. About 53 public and independent schools achieved less than 65% compared to 69 public and independent schools in 2021.
“In the next few days, the Gauteng Department of Education will meet with the School Management Teams of all public schools that performed below 65% and begin a process to address this poor performance,” Chiloane assured Premier Panyza Lesufi who also attended the ceremony.
The Department will meet the public schools that performed below 65% to put into place interventions to improve the performance of these schools. This will include a review of management and teaching personnel. A rapid school evaluation will be undertaken, and an academic improvement plan designed and implemented.
“We will support all matriculants that have failed by providing a multi-faceted Second Chance Programme in 2023 to assist supplementary exam and part-time candidates, amended Senior Certificate candidates and progressed learners who need to complete their National Senior Certificate.
He said the department will assist them in the subjects they have failed to ensure that they completed the requirements for passing. Moreover, he said learners that require psycho-social support are also urged to engage their schools or the Department.
“As we celebrate the Class of 2022 with much pride and excitement, it is only fitting and a privilege to recognise that our successes are due to our collective commitment to Growing Gauteng Together as learners, teachers, school staff, parents and all basic education sector stakeholders. In this regard, I reiterate our commitment to pursue a quality and inclusive basic education system for all young people of our province,” said MEC Chiloane.
Lesufi said the 2022 matric results belong to the teachers. He said it was critical for Gauteng to deliberately focus on developing skills for the new economy as “learners are the future gold requiring necessary support”.
“I can stand here and say we have turned the corner,” Lesufi said.
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