part a: strategic overview - Department of Education

The highest performing ex-Department as shown in Table 52, is the former CED with a
pass rate of 97.57% in 1999 and 97,89% in 2003. The performances of all other ex-
Departments are Schools from the former Ciskei homeland have increased their pass
rate to 50.69% in 2003 from a low of 42.00% in 1996.
Since the matriculation examination is written in English or Afrikaans, Graph 14
indicates that a possible policy decision around language of learning and instruction is
necessary.
Graph 13: Provincial Matric Pass Rates
Average Passrate
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Grade 12 Exam Results : 1996 - 2004
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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Table 34: Grade 12 Pass rates 2006-2004 by ex-Department
Ex-Dept 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CISKEI 42.00 42.11 42.40 35.56 47.69 39.33 43.61 50.69
DET 37.85 41.04 41.87 37.36 48.56 47.91 53.96 60.65
CED 97.57 98.30 96.85 97.20 97.41 95.72 96.27 97.89
HOR 71.31 74.79 73.73 72.32 80.48 76.76 78.83 86.78
NEW EDUC DEPT 36.84 29.71 36.20 31.98 41.29 36.01 42.61 52.99
TRANSKEI 52.26 43.58 41.29 34.19 41.31 34.76 42.20 50.60
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Results
2004
43.18
56.08
96.97
74.11
43.19
44.46
part C: background information