Matric class of 2019 achieves 81.3% pass rate

The class of 2019 has breached the 80% threshold for the first time. The minister stated that 788,383 full-time and part-time candidates wrote the exams.

• The Free State is the leading province at 88.4%, an improvement of 0.9% from 2018.
• Gauteng achieved 87.2%, a 0.7% decline from 2018.
• North West achieved 86.8%, an improvement of 5.6% from 2018.
• The Western Cape achieved 82.3%, a 0.8% improvement from 2018.
• KwaZulu-Natal achieved 81.3%, an improvement of 5.1% from 2018.
• Mpumalanga achieved 80.3%, a 1.4% improvement from 2018.
• The Eastern Cape and Northern Cape tied at seventh, with both achieving 76.5%. The pass rate in the Eastern Cape improved by 5.9%, making it the most improved province, while the Northern Cape improved by 3.2% from 2018.
• Limpopo achieved a pass rate of 73.2%, representing an improvement of 3.8% from 2018.