Staggering drop in pupils reaching matric still doesn’t ring alarm bells
On October 21, an estimated 727,121 full-time candidates will start to write their final examinations (National Senior Certificate), working through 167 question papers, with the results to be released in mid-January 2025.
Stunningly, there were 1.1 million pupils in grade 10 in 2022...
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