1. 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

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

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

4. 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
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

5. 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

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

7. NUMBER OF CANDIDATES ENTERED AND WROTE SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION IN 2017 AND 2018
Province
Total number of full-time candidates that enrolled and wrote
Total number of full-time candidates that enrolled and wrote
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
76 760
47 388
38.2
93 338
52 214
41 124
44.1

8. 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
90 589
72.9
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
75.1
76.3
1.2

9. PERCENTAGES ACHIEVED IN NOVEMBER 2017 AND COMBINED9

10. Consolidation of NSC and Supplementary Data
a) With the combination of the November 2017 and Supplementary 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, more candidates were added to the number who wrote, compared to the other PEDs, where the additions were less than
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

11. 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
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
74.5
76.3
1.8 11

12. 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
74.6 12

13. Combined results for NSC Nov 2017 and Supplementary Exam Percentage Achieved per Gender13

14. 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
86 265
92 604 99
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15. COMPARISON OF THE NOVEMBER 2017 AND COMBINED RESULTS BASED ON QUALIFICATION TYPES15

16. 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
68 882
66.3
68.7
-2.4
Afrikaans 1st Additional Language
83 987
82 360
76 562 93
84 147
90.0
3.0
Agricultural Sciences
98 942
70 342
71.1
75.8
-4.7
Business Studies
68.4
73.7
-5.3
Economics
92 142
71.2
65.9
5.3
English First Additional Language 97
97.1
-0.1
Geography
77.2
76.6
0.6
History
86.1
84.3
1.8
Life Sciences
74.3
70.2
4.1
Mathematical Literacy
72.0
2.3
Mathematics
52.1
51.3
0.8
Physical Sciences
62.1
3.8

17. Combined Results for NSC Nov 2017 and Supplementary Exam Number of Schools per Quintile per Pass % Interval
Quintiles
0-19.9% % % % %
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

18. SUMMARY OF GAINS
The total number of candidates that achieved the NSC has increased from to , an increase of candidates.
The total number of candidates that obtained the Higher Certificate has increased from to , an increase of candidates.
The number of candidates who obtained admission to Diploma studies has increased from to , which is an additional candidates.
The number of candidates that obtained admission to Bachelor’s studies has increased from to , translating to more candidates compared to the November 2017 NSC examination results. 18

19. 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