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 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 ...

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 ...

Maths and science are two of the most critical subjects in South African schools and an area that government has and continues to focus on in order to produce the necessary skills needed for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Pupils attending last year’s EduCate Matric Maths and Science Revision programme held at a cinema Photo: Supplied A unique maths and science revision programme has proven to be a significant exam mark ...

“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 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 ...