Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that the 2021 National Senior Certificate overall pass rate, with the progressed learners included, stands at 76-point four per cent. She says this is an improvement of zero-point-two percentage points from the pass rate achieved by the Class of 2020. She says the improvement comes despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department earlier said the matric class of 2021, was the largest ever. For a perspective on the results, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Professor Elizabeth Henning – South African Research chair: Integrated Studies of Learning Language, Mathematics and Science in Primary School Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg