Matriculants who failed encouraged to join Matric Second Chance Programme

Reginah Mhaule has encouraged matriculants who did not make it to sign up for the Matric Second Chance Programme, as a way to improve their marks this year.

Deputy Minister of the Department of Basic Education (DBE), Dr Reginah Mhaule took to Twitter on Monday, 22 February 2021, to provide a way forward for matriculants that did not make the grade. This comes after the release of the 2020 matric results earlier that day, which were announced by Minister Angie Motshekga.

Although the department feared the worst, the overall results produced a 76.2 percent pass rate. The pass rate is over 5 percent lower than that of the previous year, however, given the context of 2020, a drop in the pass rate was expected.

As of Tuesday, 23 February 2021, public scholars that have matriculated can now fetch their matric certificates from their respective secondary schools. However, there are students that did not make the grade and will need to focus on improving their marks, should they want to enrol into a tertiary institution.

Therefore, in one of the posts, Mhuale provided an option for the aforementioned students. She advised signing up for the Matric Second Chance Programme. The programme will work on improving the learners’ marks to allow them to pursue a tertiary qualification in the future.

See the posts below.

The overall 2020Matric Pass Rate is 76.2%. Provincial performance is as follows:
Free state 85.1%
Gauteng 83.3%
Western Cape 79.9%
KwaZulu Natal 77.6%
North West 76.2
Mpumalanga 73.7%
Limpopo 68.2
Eastern Cape 68.1%
Northern Cape 66%#MatricResults2020#matric #matric2020 #matric

— Dr Reginah Mhaule (@ReginahMhaule) February 22, 2021

We want to encourage all Matriculants who did not make it to please sign up for the Matric Second Chance Programme. Details are on the @DBE_SA website https://t.co/70SCE2iVmB. Never despair! Failure is not fatal. Get up and try again! #MatricClass2020 #MatricResults2020 #matric

— Dr Reginah Mhaule (@ReginahMhaule) February 22, 2021

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