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IEB matrics achieve 98 percent pass rate - Newsroom - 04-01-2011 Pretoria - Learners who wrote their 2010 final exams under the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) had reason to smile on Tuesday, with more than 98 percent passing their exams. A 98.38 percent pass rate was achieved in the 2010 IEB National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams - an increase of one percent from the previous year, IEB chief executive Anne Oberholzer said. In 2010, a total of 8 285 pupils from 172 schools wrote the IEB exams. The majority of those who passed - 81.53 percent - qualified for entry to degree study, 14.45 percent for diploma study and 2.4 percent qualified to study at the higher certificate level. Oberholzer noted that there had also been an increase in the number of pupils writing Mathematics Paper 3 among the IEB pupils. “Since the inception of the NSC in 2008, participation in Mathematics Paper 3 at the IEB has increased by 68.5 percent from 1 414 candidates in 2008 to 2 383 candidates in 2010.” Oberholzer said the IEB was proud of the pupils’ achievements, adding that the high pass rate was a reflection of the teachers’ dedication in ensuring pupils were inspired and had the necessary knowledge to succeed. “They reflect too the amount of work that learners have done to ensure that they know and understand the important aspects of the subjects they have studied. Their education, as reflected in their results, ensures them of a successful future in their selected areas of study or occupation,” she added. Meanwhile, Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Zanoxolo Wayile said pupils had done the municipality proud with the matriculants at four schools - St George's, St Dominic's, St Mark's and Woodbridge - achieving a 98 percent pass rate. “We look forward to the rest of the matriculation marks [which will be released on Thursday, 6 January 2011]. Whilst we acknowledge that these marks may not necessarily emulate those of the IEB schools, we remain hopeful that they will be as positive as can be expected,” he added. - BuaNews