The chance of getting a bachelor pass depends on your province

The ‘continuing inequality of resources between provinces, districts, schools and learners’ is denying huge numbers of pupils entry to a university education

30 January 2022 - 00:00

Matric pupils in Limpopo, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape have a smaller chance of achieving a bachelor pass than their counterparts in Gauteng, Western Cape and the Free State, if statistics for the past eight years are anything to go by.

A document titled, “Analysis of the 2021 National Senior Certificate exam results”, compiled by parliament’s research unit, said “some provinces are still denying huge numbers of learners entry into university education”...

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