KZN 2021 Matric results: Our learners must be commended for achieving against all odds
21 January 2022
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) welcomes the release of the 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results in the province and congratulates those learners who have achieved this milestone, along with their educators and parents.
While KZN did not realise the same pass rate as 2020, with 76.8% — a drop of 0.8 percentage points from the year before — the number of learners who have passed matric and even obtained their bachelor passes, under very trying circumstances, paints a good picture.
The reality is that the 2021 matric class are the Grade 11 class of 2020. This particular class endured one of the harshest lockdowns on the planet, resulting in significant losses to learning and teaching time that would have built the foundation for Grade 12.
While the 2021 matric pass rate is commendable under such circumstances, it continues to belie the true state of education in KZN and is not indicative of the real picture in our province.