Call to end 30% matric pass mark as Bosa demands 50%

With less than a week left until the release of the Class of 2024 matric results, Build One South Africa (Bosa) has launched a petition calling for the pass mark to rise.

- Chulumanco Mahamba

At the end of last year, about 882 336 full-time and part-time candidates across South Africa sat to write their 2024 National Senior Certificate examinations.

On Tuesday, their wait will be over, as the Class of 2024 will receive their results.

Amid the jubilation of matric results season, South Africans consistently raise the topic of the matric pass mark.

Each year, South Africans debate whether the country's 30% pass mark for subjects is adequate, especially given the staggeringly high youth unemployment rate.

Responding to written questions from Bosa deputy leader Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster in November, Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube said she was aware that the 30% pass mark raised concerns and she wasn't oblivious to the importance of the matter.