Western Cape Matric Results 2016 – 2020
The Western Cape is one of the provinces that has maintained a good pass rate since 2016.
Year by year
Here is how the Western Cape province performed from 2016 until 2019;
2016
In 2016, Western Cape achieved a pass rate of 87.7%. The Western cape was the second highest performing province in 2016.
2017
In 2017, the Western Cape saw an 84.4% matric pass rate in 2017. The Western Cape saw a decline and landed in third place. However, the province still managed to maintain a pass rate above 80%.
2018
The Western Cape experienced another decline to 81.5%. However the Western Cape saw a huge increase in the pass rates in most privileged schools, seeing a rise from 57.5% to 70.5%.
2019
In 2019, the Western Cape achieved an increase of 0.8%, giving them a pass rate of 82.3%.
2020
Here is what educational specialist Jan Badenhorst has to say: “The Western Cape’s education system has been the most robust through the covid pandemic.
They were able to keep their school feeding programmes going. And they were quick to help kids study from home. I still think there will be an impact on their numbers. But not as big an impact as in the other provinces. I predict a drop to 86%.”
Author: Omega Fumba
Last Updated: 12 November 2020