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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that the 2019 DBE matric pass rate is 81.3%, with an improvement of 3.1 percentage points.
The Free State has retaken its position as the top province with 88.4%, followed by Gauteng with 87.2% and the North West 86.8%.
KwaZulu-Natal has 81.3%, the Western Cape 82.2%, the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape 76.5%, Mpumalanga 83.3% and Limpopo with the lowest at 73.2%.
No province has achieved less than 70% in the pass rate.
Motshekga officially announced the results in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
Over 790 000 learners countrywide sat for last year’s national senior certificate exams.
Watch Live the full 2019 DBE Matric Results:
