The highest number of matriculants ever wrote the National Senior Certificate in 2015.<\/p>\n
The basic education department said this was the eighth group of pupils to sit the NSC since the new education system was introduced .<\/p>\n
“We have had the highest number of candidates who wrote matric exams in the history of South Africa,” said the department’s director general Mathanzima\u00a0Mweli.<\/p>\n
He was speaking at a technical briefing in Midrand, Johannesburg ahead of the release of the 2015 matric results.<\/p>\n
The largest number of candidates came from KwaZulu-Natal, followed by Gauteng and Limpopo.<\/p>\n
The three provinces accounted for 54% of the candidates, which meant they decided on whether the pass rate would drop or increase.<\/p>\n
Mweli said it might take three to five years to get the pass rate on an upward trend because of changes in the education system.<\/p>\n
The matrics of 2015 entered the education system in January 2004, Mweli said.<\/p>\n
“Many of them went through Grade R meaning they would have benefited from the system,” he said.<\/p>\n
The total number of candidates who wrote the exam were 799,306. This included 667 925\u00a0full time candidates and 131,381 part time candidates.<\/p>\n
A total of 7.8 million question papers were printed and 10.5 million scripts were marked at 6772 exam centres. There were 65,000 invigilators, 49,900 markers and 121 marking centres.<\/p>\n
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