Some important highlights:
The total number of candidates, who registered for the November 2017 NSC examinations, was 802 431; comprising 629 155 full-time candidates, and 173 276 part-time candidates. Of these candidates, 534 484 full-time candidates and 117 223 part-time candidates wrote the 2017 NSC examinations.
The 2017 NSC overall pass rate
- Progressed learners excluded: 76.5%, a 0.3% improvement from the 76.2% achieved in 2016.
- Progressed learners included: 75.1%, a 2.6% improvement from the 72.5% achieved in 2016.
- A total of 401 435 candidates passed the 2017 NSC examinations.
Further analysis of the results show that, of the number of candidates, who wrote the 2017 NSC examinations –
- 153 610 achieved Bachelor passes (equivalent to 28.7%);
- 161 333 passed with a Diploma (equivalent to 30.2%);
- 86 265 passed with Higher Certificates (equivalent to 16.1%) and
- 99 passed with a National Senior Certificate.
Performance of the Provinces with progressed learners included
- Eastern Cape achieved 65%, improved by 5.7% from 2016 – the second largest improvement in the country;
- Limpopo achieved 65.6%, up by 3.1% from 2016.
- KwaZulu-Natal achieved 72.8%, improving by 6.4% from 2016 – the largest improvement in the country;
- Mpumalanga achieved 74.8%, a decline of 2.3% from 2016;
- Northern Cape achieved 75.6%, a decline of 3.1% from 2016;
- North West achieved 79.4%, a decline of 3.1% from 2016;
- Western Cape achieved 82.7%, a decline of 3.2% from 2016;
- Gauteng achieved 85.1%, the same pass rate as in 2016.
- Free State, which achieved 86%, down by 2.2% from 2016, was the top performing province in 2017.
Top 10 districts with progressed learners included
- First, is Fezile Dabi in the Free State with 90.2%;
- Second, is Thabo Mafutsanyana in the Free State with 90%;
- Third, is Tshwane South in Gauteng with 89.8%;
- Fourth, is Ekurhuleni North in Gauteng with 89.1%;
- Fifth, is Tshwane North in Gauteng with 88.9%;
- Tied at sixth, are Gauteng West and Johannesburg West in Gauteng with 88.6%;
- Eighth, is Sedibeng East in Gauteng with 87.9%;
- Ninth, is Johannesburg East in Gauteng with 87.8%; and
- Tenth, is Overberg in the Western Cape with 87.7%.
For more details, see Minister Angie Motshekga: Release of NSC Examination Results