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GWARUBE RELEASES 2025 MATRIC RESULTS
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|January 13, 2026
More than 920 000 candidates wrote the 2025 NSC exams nationwide
BASIC Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube released the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results, following the Independent Examinations Board's (IEB) announcement of a 98.3% overall pass rate.
Gwarube is presenting the results at Mosaïek Church in Fairlands, Johannesburg, alongside Deputy Minister Dr Reginah Mhaule.
The 2025 NSC results will be published in accredited newspapers.
In line with privacy rulings, only candidates' examination numbers, and not their names, will be listed.
Gwarube announced the top-performing learners and provinces yesterday.
Individual results for candidates were released today.
More than 920 000 candidates sat for the 2025 NSC examinations nationwide, making it one of the largest national assessment processes ever undertaken.
The previous cohort, the class of 2024, achieved an 87.3% pass rate, an improvement on the 82.9% recorded in 2023.
This story is from the January 13, 2026 edition of Daily News.
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