FROM WORST TO BEST JC RESULTS IN 10YRS

MBABANE – From the worst to the best results in 10 years.  The Junior Certificate Class of 2019 has managed to turn the tide and achieve the highest pass rate over the last 10 years.

The good news was delivered by Minister of Education and Training Lady Mabuza yesterday morning during a press conference held at the ministry.
This is a huge turnaround from the Class of 2018, which had produced the worst results in 10 years where 3 512 failed.

Compared

The 2019 pass rate, according to the minister, stood at 85.92 per cent, which shows an increase of 4.85 per cent when compared with the 2018 pass rate, which was 81.07 per cent.

The minister said in 2019, a total of 15 992 candidates passed out of a total of 18 613 who sat for the examinations.
The top pupil in the country in 2019 was Thantazile Nozipho Mamba from Mhlatane High School, who averaged an impressive 96 per cent, which was the same aggregate for the top pupil last year, who was from Dwalile High School. The 2019 candidature increased by 56 (0.3 per cent) entries when compared to the 18 557 who sat for the JC exam in 2018.

However, it was not all rosy as a total of 2 621 failed the 2019 examination. The number of failures decreased by 891 when compared to the 3 512 who failed in 2018, which equates to a difference of 25.4 per cent.

According to the analysis presented by the Examinations Council of Eswatini (ECESWA), centres that registered candidates for the JC exam increased from 270 in 2018 to 274 in 2019.  The 2019 entries were also the highest since 2010.
Of the 274 centres, a total of 42 attained a 100 per cent pass rate in 2019, which is 16 more centres when compared to 2018.

Congratulated

Making her remarks, the minister congratulated all candidates and schools which performed well in the 2019 JC examination.

She said she was, however, aware that not all learners and schools made it. She advised the affected learners to return to school and work diligently.
“The schools that performed below the desired standard need to get back to the drawing board and work out a fresh strategy towards the 2020 examination,” said Mabuza.

She added that as the successful learners will be looking for spaces in Form IV, all head teachers were urged to admit them regardless of their pass categories.
Mabuza thanked all parents for supporting the learners in various ways throughout the year and the demanding examination period.

She also thanked teachers who worked diligently in preparing the learners for the examinations and those who participated in the marking process.
Mabuza said such sacrifices had contributed to the timely release of the results.     

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