It gives me pleasure to give announce on the performance of the Eastern Cape in the 2024 National Senior Certificate Examinations. The Grade 12 class of 2024 is the 11th cohort to sit for the National Senior Certificate Examination based on CAPS. It is a cohort that entered Grade 1 in 2013. They most probably had a fairly stable and conducive teaching and learning environment up to 2019, when their Grade 8 class was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their Grade 9 year, which is crucial for subject selection for entry into Grade 10, was equally disrupted. They transitioned to the 1 Further Education and Training (FET) phase in 2022 with a lot of curriculum trimmings.
When schooling resumed into full mode in 2022, they were subsequently re-introduced to June Exams, and also the resumption of normal School- Based Assessment modalities (Orals, PATs from Grades 09-12)
The Class of 2024 represents a watershed period in the learner performance trajectory of the Eastern Cape, characterized by unprecedented improvements in average pass, bachelor passes, subjects pass marks, as well as performance by examination centers.
The year 2024 is also marked by improved quality of School Based Assessment submitted to Umalusi for resulting. The emphasis on quality SBA has paid off handsomely again in 2024.
2. COPE AND SCALE OF THE 2024 EXAMINATIONS
The 2024 national senior certificate public examinations catered for 117 767 candidates made up of 102 073 full time registered candidates of which 99739 writing in 965 centres and 15 694 registered part time candidates of which 9498 wrote in 135 examination centres.
The process of writing, marking and resulting was conducted with credibility and high level of integrity. The examinations were conducted over a period of 6 weeks, making it close to 44 weekdays.
It was a big national project that involved over 12 00 invigilators and officials across the 1099 examination centres.
The only blemish was the high number of reported criminal incidents in the communities where candidates and schools are located. The unfortunate incident was that of five candidates’ gang- raped while preparing for their examinations in OR Tambo. However, these kids insisted on writing despite their demise, and I am happy to report that they all obtained Bachelor passes and have joined us for the ceremony.
Eastern Cape Top 3 Districts
- Chris Hani East is number 1 at 88.5%, a 4,5% improvement from 84% in 2023
- Amathole East is number 2 at 87.8%, a 5.4% improvement from 82.4% in 2023
- Alfred Nzo West is number 3 at 86,9%, a 2.1.% improvement from 84.2% in 2023
Download the following documents - EC NCS Results 2024
- EC Top Achievers 2024
PHOTOGRAPHER: ANDISWA MZIZI-DOKOLWANA