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School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination

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Business Studies<br />

The performance of learners in business studies in <strong>2012</strong> improved from that of 2011. Figure 4 below<br />

shows that the percentage of registered candidates who passed Business Studies in 2011 was<br />

78.4% and in <strong>2012</strong> this improved to 85.8%. This is an improvement of 7.4% from the 2011 pass<br />

percentage. Besides the improvement in the pass percentage, there was an increase of 9.3% in<br />

the percentage of learners who passed Business Studies at 40% and above. In 2011 only 55.9%<br />

of registered candidates passed Business Studies at 40% and above and in <strong>2012</strong> this percentage<br />

increased to 65.2%.<br />

Figure 4(a) Comparison of the pass rate in Business Studies: 2011 and <strong>2012</strong><br />

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