The Department of Basic Education has released the 2020 grade 12 results. The pass rate for the year 2020 matric examination has dropped to 76.2. The drop is attributed to the interruptions experienced by schools last year. The minister was upbeat about the results praising teachers for their sterling work in the mist of the deadly pandemic.

The number of bachelors has increased between the boys and girls. More boys have received bachelors compared to girls.

Here is a list of provinces and their performances ranked from 1 to 9:

Free State province took position one with 85,1%

Gauteng province took the second position with 83,3%

Western Cape province took position 3 with 79,9%

KwaZulu-Natal province took position 4 with 77,6%

North West province took position 5 with 76,2

Mpumalanga province took position 6 with 73,7

Limpopo province took position 7 with 68,2

Eastern Cape province took position 8 with 68,1

Northern Cape province took position 9 with 66%

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