School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination
School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination
School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination
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Life Sciences<br />
One of the critical science subjects offered by candidates in Kwa Zulu Natal is Life Sciences. This<br />
subject was targeted for interventions and it formed part of the common testing programme. Figure<br />
8 below is a graph that compares the pass percentage between 2011 and <strong>2012</strong> in Life Sciences as<br />
well as the quality of passes. The graph shows that there was a slight decline in the performance<br />
of registered candidates in Life Sciences (<strong>2012</strong>) compared to 2011. The decline is in both pass<br />
percentage and quality of passes. In 2011 the pass percentage in Life Sciences was 68.8% and in<br />
<strong>2012</strong> it was 67.0%. This is a decline of 1.7% from the 2011 pass percentage. The graph also shows<br />
that the quality of passes declined in <strong>2012</strong> when compared with that of 2011. In 2011 the percentage<br />
of candidates passed at 40% and above was 42.0% and in <strong>2012</strong> this percentage decreased by 0.3%<br />
giving 41.7%.<br />
Figure 8(a): Comparison of the pass rate in Life Sciences: 2011 and <strong>2012</strong><br />
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