Education

Despite an 88% pass rate, fewer pupils took maths and fewer passed

Minister Siviwe Gwarube praised South Africa's top 40 matric achievers for their discipline and perseverance, emphasising that their success was earned through effort rather than privilege.

The Independent Examination Board has announced a 98.31% overall pass rate for the 2025 National Senior Certificate examinations.

Umalusi has confirmed it will stop issuing new N3 certificates, with 2025 marking the final year of certification under the programme.

NSFAS suggests lack of awareness accounts for paltry 12,000 applications

Record number of applications highlights urgent need for financial aid

Detection by trained markers confirmed the leak of three papers and a probe has begun

Services Seta plans R3bn outlay to employ 20,000 interns

Students demand changes to university management, improved residence conditions and proper SRC elections

Nomakhosazana Meth says payments will be processed once attendance registers are received from the basic education department

Lack of high-speed internet connectivity and a shortage of funds to blame

Minister Buti Manamela says money has been freed up to help students who have run into registration problems

The draft regulations would have allowed educational institutions to be listed as ‘originators of credit information’ under the National Credit Act

The goal was not simply to apply AI tools developed elsewhere but to create new knowledge from the continent

Oversight bodies and civil society organisations warn piecemeal rollout risks undermining  coherence and urgency of act’s equity mandate