The class of 2016 has achieved a 72.5% pass rate that includes progressed learners.
The minister delivered the results in Midrand on Wednesday evening.
“So the pass rate of 2016, progressed learners excluded, is 76.2 %, which is up from 74%, which we had last year. With progressed learners it stands at 72.5% again which is an improvement from last year where we had 70%.”
More than 800,000 matrics sat for the latest national senior certificate exams.
The Free State achieved the best figures of all the provinces with more than 93% of those who sat for the exams, passing the year.
