The minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has announced the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results, saying that the overall pass rate stands at 76.4 percent. 

The Free State boasts with the top spot for the third consecutive year, as it obtained an 85.7 percent pass rate, an improvement of 0.6 percent from 2020. Motshekga added that only one province achieved lower than the 70% pass rate; five provinces performed above the 70% pass rate; and three provinces performed above the 80% pass rate. 

North West came in fourth, at 78.2%, an improvement of 2.0% from 2020 – which was also the third-highest improvement. Gauteng and the Western Cape came in second and third. 

The Northern Cape showed the highest improvement achieved at 71.4% - a 5.4% improvement from 2020.

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