EFF STATEMENT ON 2022 MATRIC RESULTS.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo is not surprised that even
though the matric class of 2022 achieved 72.1% pass rate, a 5.3% increase from
2021, Limpopo has once again retained the status of being the worst-performing
province.
The pass rate has over the years consistently been stagnant and disappointing
due to the ANC led government’s failures to address bread and butter issues
affecting the quality and access to basic education.
The overall pass rate is a reflection of the hard work of learners and educators,
and the support of parents and communities, therefore we congratulate all the
Grade 12 learners who sat for the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC)
examinations across the province.
Despite the matric cohort of 2022 achieving a 72.1% pass rate, an improvement
of a 5.3% from the 66.7% pass rate of 2021, the EFF believes that the results
could have been much better had learners at Lwaphungu High School in Musina
not written their exams under trees.
Amongst the various challenges, is the closure of Mmafa Secondary School in
Ga-Phasha in Molemole forcing learners to walk long distances to Fedile
Secondary School, which is 9 kilometres away.
Throughout their final exams, pupils in many public schools had to contend with
disruptive electricity load-shedding, lack of resources which include none
availability of scholar transport, poor infrastructure and shortage of teachers.
Furthermore, the Covid-19 lockdown had also impacted the 2022 matric year,
and school closures limited the amount of time learners were able to spend in
classrooms and potentially affected their ability to prepare for exams. However,
lockdowns cannot be the root cause for low matric performance, but the
deployment of lazy and incompetent MECs to the education portfolio is the
reason behind.
As pupils to get their statement of results at their schools this morning, we
encourage them to seek assistance from the EFFSC regarding enrolment or
registration in Universities and TVET Colleges. No student should be turned
away on the basis that they can’t afford to pay registration fee or he/she is owing
the university.
The EFF calls on those who didn’t make it to go back to school and try again
without fear. In the same breath, the department of education must be
supportive and speedily address all the service delivery backlogs in public
schools, from poor infrastructure to lack of teachers in order to significantly
improve the overall matric pass rate.
Lastly, the EFF strongly condemns the passing out of Accounting as a subject at
Lekota Secondary School in Dikgale, this is one of the factors compromising the
performance of our learners in the province and ultimately the skills needed in
the job market.
