PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION CONSOLIDATED REPORT ON 2017 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS (INCLUSIVE OF THE 2018 SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS) PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION

PRESENTATION OUTLINE Purpose Introduction Scope and Size of the 2018 NSC Supplementary Examinations. Consolidated Results 5. Summary of Gains Conclusion Recommendation

PURPOSE To present to Portfolio Committee a report on consolidated 2017 NSC Examination Results (inclusive of the 2018 NSC Supplementary examinations). 3 3

INTRODUCTION The 2018 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Supplementary Examination is considered a second sitting of the 2017 NSC examinations. Therefore, a consolidation of the performance in the November 2017 and 2018 Supplementary examinations, provides a complete picture of the performance of the Class of 2017. The supplementary examinations commenced on Monday, 19 February 2018 and terminated on Tuesday, 27 March 2018. The supplementary examinations allows candidates who did not meet the NSC requirements by 1-3 subjects, a second chance. The Supplementary Examinations were successfully administered across all PEDs. 4

INTRODUCTION f) The only disruption to the examinations were the protest actions which resulted in some candidates not writing the examination in one or two papers. g) The supplementary examinations were conducted following the same standard and rigour of the November 2017 NSC examinations h) The normal quality assurance procedures of the DBE and Umalusi were applied to this examination. i) The results were also approved by Umalusi. 5

SCOPE AND SIZE OF 2018 NSC SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMS No. of Candidates enrolled: 93 338 No. of candidates wrote: 52 214 Question Papers: 128 Examination Centres: 6 341 6

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES ENTERED AND WROTE SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION IN 2017 AND 2018   Province Total number of full-time candidates that enrolled and wrote - 2017 Total number of full-time candidates that enrolled and wrote - 2018 Enrolled (E) Wrote (W) Difference (E-W) No. % Eastern Cape 23 308 8 424 14 884 63.9 18 625 7 516 11 109 59.6 Free State 3 210 1 877 1 333 41.5 2 677 1 758 919 34.3 Gauteng 15 862 7 835 8 027 50.6 10 972 7 855 3 117 28.4 KwaZulu-Natal 36 387 22 673 13 714 37.7 21 745 9 503 12 242 56.3 Limpopo 22 931 20 295 2 636 11.5 15 960 10 768 5 192 32.5 Mpumalanga 10 855 8 195 2 660 24.5 9 714 4 562 5 152 53.0 North West 3 885 2 829 1 056 27.2 4 862 3 491 1 371 28.2 Northern Cape 1 755 1 259 496 28.3 1 828 1 338 490 26.8 Western Cape 5 955 3 373 2 582 43.4 6 955 5 423 1 532 22.0 National 124 148 76 760 47 388 38.2 93 338 52 214 41 124 44.1

COMPARISON OF THE NSC NOVEMBER 2017 EXAMINATION RESULTS AND THE COMBINED RESULTS Province November 2017 NSC examinations Combined November 2017 NSC exam and Supplementary 2018 NSC exam No. Wrote No. Achieved % Achieved Combined % - November % (Difference) Eastern Cape 67 648 43 981 65.0 70 192 45 558 64.9 -0.1 Free State 25 130 21 631 86.1 25 218 22 074 87.5 1.5 Gauteng 97 284 82 826 85.1 98 245 84 665 86.2 1.0 KwaZulu-Natal 124 317 90 589 72.9 124 841 92 063 73.7 0.9 Limpopo 83 228 54 625 65.6 83 524 56 717 67.9 2.3 Mpumalanga 48 483 36 273 74.8 48 556 37 000 76.2 1.4 North West 30 792 24 462 79.4 30 855 25 243 81.8 2.4 Northern Cape 8 735 6 608 75.6 8 758 6 851 78.2 2.6 Western Cape 48 867 40 440 82.8 49 186 41 352 84.1 1.3 National 534 484 401 435 75.1 539 375 411 523 76.3 1.2

PERCENTAGES ACHIEVED IN NOVEMBER 2017 AND COMBINED 9

Consolidation of NSC and Supplementary Data a) With the combination of the November 2017 and Supplementary 2018 results, it is expected that the combined results will be higher in numbers and percentage. b) However, it needs to be noted that the combined results includes all outstanding marks that would have been added between the official release of results on 5 January 2018 and the final combined results released on 7 May 2018. In the case of the Eastern Cape, 2 544 more candidates were added to the number who wrote, compared to the other PEDs, where the additions were less than 1 000. This higher number of additional candidates added to the number of candidates that wrote in the Eastern Cape, who in the main failed the examination, caused the final combined percentage in the Eastern Cape to be lower, despite the increase in the numbers that achieved 10

COMPARISON OF THE NSC 2016/17 and 2017/18 COMBINED RESULTS November 2016 NSC exam combined with the 2017 NSC Supplementary exam November 2017 NSC exam combined with the 2018 NSC Supplementary exam Difference Province No. Combined Achieved % Combined Achieved Eastern Cape 50 492 60.9 45 558 64.9 4.0 Free State 24 123 89.8 22 074 87.5 -2.3 Gauteng 90 269 86.7 84 665 86.2 -0.5 KwaZulu-Natal 101 289 67.9 92 063 73.7 5.8 Limpopo 67 334 66.2 56 717 1.7 Mpumalanga 42 681 78.7 37 000 76.2 -2.5 North West 27 350 85.2 25 243 81.8 -3.4 Northern Cape 8 333 81.7 6 851 78.2 -3.5 Western Cape 44 566 87.4 41 352 84.1 -3.3 National 456 437 74.5 411 523 76.3 1.8 11

Combined results for NSC Nov 2017 and Supplementary Exam Numbers Wrote and Achieved per Gender Province Gender Total Wrote Total Achieved % Achieved Eastern Cape Male 31 016 20 841 67.2 Female 39 176 24 717 63.1 Free State 11 563 10 262 88.7 13 655 11 812 86.5 Gauteng 44 063 38 402 87.2 54 182 46 263 85.4 KwaZulu-Natal 54 809 41 478 75.7 70 032 50 585 72.2 Limpopo 37 612 26 925 71.6 45 912 29 792 64.9 Mpumalanga 21 797 17 071 78.3 26 759 19 929 74.5 North West 14 321 12 017 83.9 16 534 13 226 80.0 Northern Cape 3 853 3 059 79.4 4 905 3 792 77.3 Western Cape 21 447 18 345 85.5 27 739 23 007 82.9 National 240 481 188 400 298 894 223 123 74.6 12

Combined results for NSC Nov 2017 and Supplementary Exam Percentage Achieved per Gender 13

COMPARISON OF THE NSC NOVEMBER 2017 EXAMINATIONS AND COMBINED RESULTS BY QUALIFICATION TYPE Province November Achieved Bachelor Combined Achieved Bachelor November Achieved Diploma Combined Achieved Diploma November Achieved H-Cert Combined Achieved H-Cert November Achieved NSC Combined Achieved NSC Total November Achieved Total Combined Achieved Eastern Cape 15 380 15 765 17 908 18 426 10 672 11 346 18 43 981 45 558 Free State 8 822 8 865 9 076 9 215 3 713 3 973 2 3 21 631 22 074 Gauteng 35 012 35 334 34 444 34 927 13 296 14 330 1 82 826 84 665 KwaZulu-Natal 35 687 35 935 36 453 36 805 18 400 19 265 47 56 90 589 92 063 Limpopo 17 790 17 859 20 011 20 319 16 809 18 523 11 12 54 625 56 717 Mpumalanga 11 335 11 358 15 628 15 749 9 291 9 874 19 36 273 37 000 North West 8 278 8 334 9 968 10 134 6 216 6 774 24 462 25 243 Northern Cape 2 205 2 235 2 815 2 862 1 587 1 753 6 608 6 851 Western Cape 19 101 19 295 15 030 15 265 6 281 6 766 40 440 41 352 National 153 610 154 980 161 333 163 702 86 265 92 604 99 109 401 435 411 523

COMPARISON OF THE NOVEMBER 2017 AND COMBINED RESULTS BASED ON QUALIFICATION TYPES 15

COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SUBJECTS COMBINED RESULTS (2016/17 AND 2017/18) Entered (2017/18) Wrote (2017/18) No. Achieved (2017/18) % Achieved (2017/18) Wrote (2016/17) % Achieved (2016/17) % Difference Accounting 116 273 103 828 68 882 66.3 130 413 68.7 -2.4 Afrikaans 1st Additional Language 83 987 82 360 76 562 93 84 147 90.0 3.0 Agricultural Sciences 108 987 98 942 70 342 71.1 107 748 75.8 -4.7 Business Studies 225 473 205 925 140 871 68.4 236 680 73.7 -5.3 Economics 144 994 129 369 92 142 71.2 156 940 65.9 5.3 English First Additional Language 522 065 504 488 489 513 97 549 913 97.1 -0.1 Geography 307 004 277 861 214 503 77.2 305 337 76.6 0.6 History 159 429 148 446 127 792 86.1 158 491 84.3 1.8 Life Sciences 353 321 320 085 237 682 74.3 350 441 70.2 4.1 Mathematical Literacy 353 550 314 665 233 888 364 816 72.0 2.3 Mathematics 276 637 245 092 127 695 52.1 267 260 51.3 0.8 Physical Sciences 198 372 179 199 118 164 193 073 62.1 3.8

Combined Results for NSC Nov 2017 and Supplementary Exam Number of Schools per Quintile per Pass % Interval Quintiles 0-19.9% 20 - 39.9% 40 -59.9% 60 - 79.9% 80 - 100% Total Quintile 1 43 180 401 558 629 1 811 Quintile 2 21 129 320 619 627 1 716 Quintile 3 15 103 278 498 517 1 411 Quintile 4 1 4 45 199 347 596 Quintile 5 2 13 92 615 722 80 418 1 057 1 966 2 735 6 256 17

SUMMARY OF GAINS The total number of candidates that achieved the NSC has increased from 401 435 to 411 523, an increase of 10 088 candidates. The total number of candidates that obtained the Higher Certificate has increased from 86 265 to 92 604 , an increase of 6 339 candidates. The number of candidates who obtained admission to Diploma studies has increased from 161 333 to 163 702 , which is an additional 2 369 candidates. The number of candidates that obtained admission to Bachelor’s studies has increased from 153 610 to 154 980 , translating to 1 370 more candidates compared to the November 2017 NSC examination results. 18

RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Portfolio Committee discusses the report on the consolidated 2017 NSC Examination Results (inclusive of the 2018 Supplementary Examinations). 19