{"id":26952,"date":"2014-01-10T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2014\/01\/friday-rant-2013-matric-exams-and-that-30-pass-rate\/"},"modified":"2014-01-10T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T15:35:13","slug":"friday-rant-2013-matric-exams-and-that-30-pass-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/friday-rant-2013-matric-exams-and-that-30-pass-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Rant \u2013 2013 Matric Exams and that 30% pass rate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In life you get statistics and lies. Statistics are basically lies that people pay a lot of money for so that they can pull the wool over the eyes of other people.<\/p>\n

The citizenry of South Africa must be congratulating themselves at having, once again, pulled the wool over the eyes of more than 700 000 matriculants.<\/p>\n

Every matric certificate should come with a warning that states:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you actually think that a pass rate of 30% is worth something and will get you a decent job then you are dumber than we thought! Job recruiters are looking for candidates to correctly answer 100% of the questions posed to them in a job interview!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a country we are doing our youth a serious disservice by creating the expectation within them that a pass rate of 30% is acceptable.<\/p>\n

By continuing to make things easier for our future leaders we are setting ourselves up for a monumental fail.<\/p>\n

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