Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga is announcing the National Senior Certificate matric results for the class of 2022 at the Mosaiek Church in Fairland, Johannesburg.
This after hosting pupils and parents for a congratulatory breakfast at the MTN Innovation Centre on Thursday morning.
Candidates who wrote the NSC exams will receive their matric results on Friday. Candidates may fetch their statements from the school or exam centre where they wrote.
Largest full-time cohort
According to Motshekga, the matric class of 2022 has “borne the brunt of Covid-19 in their critical years of Grade 10 and Grade 11”.
The matric class of 2022 is the largest full-time cohort of candidates that sat for the National Senior Certificate examination.
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“We thank pupils for putting in the hours and avoiding the well-beaten path to failure by being slack. We thank the teachers for recognising the spark of greatness in these learners and lighting a fire under them. Success beckons success! Go forth and conquer,” said Motshekga.
“To tower over your peers is no fluke, an accident of history, but it is a triumph reserved for those whose greatness is yet to be experienced.”
Watch the matric results announcements below, courtesy of the SABC:
Overcrowding in schools
Motshekga on Wednesday visited Cosmo City Primary School, west of Johannesburg, to monitor the reopening of schools in inland provinces.
While thousands of school pupils in the Free State, Gauteng, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga returned to the classroom for the 2023 academic year – some children will not be as fortunate to exercise their right to education.
Motshekga said the school placement challenges in Gauteng did not come with the introduction of the online admissions system.
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She defended the system saying it was assisting in identifying pupils who did not have any placements.
“I know the problem of admissions; it didn’t come with the online applications. Even when I was the MEC [of Education in Gauteng] we used to have problems in placing children.
“At the time, there was no ICT [Information and Communications Technology] programme to tell us where are the spaces and learners… this online system helps us to really have a clear system for admissions. It is just that perhaps we have more overcrowding [and] more problems,” said Motshekga.
Additional reporting by Thapelo Lekabe
