Fewer than 10 000 pupils in the country got distinctions for maths and only 1.2% of those who wrote the simpler version of maths literacy got a distinction. Hinting the matric pass rate would increase ...

The 2022 edition of the Primestars Mathematics and Science Revision Programme, sponsored by Liberty, has officially been launched. The annual initiative is aimed at supporting under-resourced ...

The 2010 matric pass rate of 67.8 percent, up from 60.6 percent in 2009, was welcomed yesterday, but the underlying picture shows that there are still too few scholars writing and passing maths and ...

Education Minister Naledi Pandor tried this week to calm the nerves of parents, teachers and learners about the new matric exam to be written in two months’ time. Standard-grade exam papers will not ...

A mathematics question paper for the 2018 class of matrics has not been leaked‚ the basic education department says. In a rebuttal of a letter being circulated‚ with the heading “notice of illegal ...

The quality of matric mathematics has been heavily criticised by many experts. Head of Department of the Wits School of Mathematics Betsie Jonck previously told MyBroadband that students are entering ...

Thohoyandou - A month before sitting down for his matric exams, the soles of Tshililo Ralukukwe's school shoes began to fall to apart. The cash-strapped orphan and his four siblings are dependent on ...

“Limpopo must produce more bachelor’s passes in gateway subjects such as mathematics and physical Science so that our Grade 12 pupils could find more jobs waiting for them in our municipalities, ...

The national demands for high-level and scarce skills — particularly in the areas of science, engineering and technology (SET) — require that higher education institutions pay attention to both the ...

The maths problem in question is as follows: The 'impossible' seven-mark question in the matric maths exam paper. Nicky Roberts, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Fort Hare and ...

The 2023 matric results are dominating conversations in South Africa, as they have each year in the past. They are one of the traditional measures of education progress and quality, and deservedly ...

The quality of matric mathematics education in South Africa has been criticised by education practitioners in recent years. Professor John Webb of the UCT Department of Mathematics and Applied ...