Plett and Knysna matric results

GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Plettenberg Bay and Knysna matriculants did the area proud by substantially exceeding the national pass rate.

The seven government high schools in the area managed to obtain a 78% pass rate, while nationally only 75.1% of matriculants made the grade.

The Western Cape managed an 84.4% pass rate, taking third spot in the country. The Free State took the top spot with 89.8% and followed closely by Gauteng with 86.4%.

Three of the schools in Plett and Knysna managed to show an improvement on last year's results. The biggest improvement came from Concordia High School which managed a 76.4% pass rate compared to last year's 55.1%.

At Murray High School 83.5% of matriculants passed compared to last year's 76.9%.

Plettenberg Bay Secondary School also showed a slight improvement with 66.1% compared to the previous year's 60%.

Knysna High School however saw a small drop from last year's perfect pass rate to 97.8%. Two learners out of 90 did not make the grade.

At Knysna Secondary the pass rate dropped from 86.6% to 62% and at Percy Mdala High School 66.3% of matriculants passed compared to last year's 78%.

Wittedrift High School in Plett also saw a small decrease in the pass rate after three of the 52 learners failed. Last year the school achieved a 100% pass rate and this year it is down to 94.2%.

Read more in next week's Knysna-Plett Herald, and online.

Percy Mdala High School scooped 9 distinctions. Here are the school's top achievers. Photo: Nwabisa Pondoyi

Wittedrift High School learner Juleel Harker (front) does a victory dance while his fellow matriculants (from left) Ethan Gawie, Evan Le Fleur, Gary Barnardo, Keenan Tarentaal and Marvelous Mncube look at their results. Photo: Ewald Stander