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

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SCHOOL’S REPORT <strong>2012</strong> NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (<strong>NSC</strong>) EXAMINATION<br />

Figure 4(b) Comparison of the overall passes in Business Studies: 2011 and <strong>2012</strong><br />

Economics<br />

Economics was targeted for interventions in the province with an intention to improve learner<br />

performance qualitatively. Figure 4 below is a graph that compares the pass rates in Economics<br />

between 2011 and <strong>2012</strong>. The graph shows that the pass percentage increased by 7.3% between<br />

2011 and <strong>2012</strong> with 73.8% of the registered candidates passing Economics in 2011 and 81.1% of the<br />

registered candidates passing the subject in <strong>2012</strong>. In <strong>2012</strong> there was an improvement in the quality<br />

of passes in Economics as well. In 2011 a total of 44.4% of the candidates passed Economics at<br />

40% and above. In <strong>2012</strong> the percentage of registered candidates passing Economics at 40% and<br />

above increased to 56.8% which is a 12.8% increase.<br />

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