30% Matric pass mark: DBE must stop cooking the books of learning for political convenience
11 January 2022
The One South Africa Movement (OSA) takes note of the futile attempts by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to avoid accountability for the ongoing 30% pass mark sham.
This follows the launch of OSA's public petition calling for the 30% pass mark to be scrapped and replaced by a 50% minimum standard.
The petition, which currently has 10 000 signatures and counting, posits that a 30% pass mark for subjects at matric level undermines the intellect of South Africa's youth and allows for the entrenchment of mediocrity and low expectations.
In addition, it allows the DBE and the Minister of Basic Education to obfuscate and escape accountability for the basic education crisis. And the spin-doctoring performed in recent media interviews by the DBE's spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, proves this point.