Parliament votes to keep SA's '30 percent school pass mark'

PARLIAMENT has voted to keep South Africa's 30 percent school pass mark at “Bantu education standards”.

- BY MURRAY SWART

PIEMPED PARTIES: Bosa leader Mmusi Maimane

So said Mmusi Maimane after confirming a proposal to abolish it failed after a vuurwarme debate in the National Assembly on Tuesday evening.

The Build One South Africa (Bosa) leader said: “We lost the vote to end 30 percent as a pass mark at any level in our public education system.”

He criticised the parties that opposed the change.

Maimane said: “The following parties voted to keep Bantu education standards - ANC, DA, VF, PA and Al Jamah. They hugged incompetence and embraced mediocrity. Now SA knows.”