{"id":6730,"date":"2012-01-05T19:17:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T17:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/eastern-cape-matrics-welcome-to-the-dunce-class-of-2011\/"},"modified":"2012-01-05T19:17:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T17:17:47","slug":"eastern-cape-matrics-welcome-to-the-dunce-class-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/eastern-cape-matrics-welcome-to-the-dunce-class-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Cape Matrics \u2013 Welcome to the DUNCE Class of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><\/p>\n<p>Once again the Eastern Cape has stumbled lazily (in total contrast to performed) to the lowest echelons of the provincial matric pass rates.<\/p>\n<p>Against a background of six out of nine provinces improving their matric pass rates the Eastern Cape joins KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape in the Dunce Class of 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The nine provinces fared as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eastern Cape: 58.1% \u2013 the lowest pass rate and down from 58.3% in 2010<\/li>\n<li>KwaZulu-Natal: 68.1% \u2013 down from 70.7% in 2010<\/li>\n<li>Northern Cape: 68.8%\u00a0 \u2013 down from 72.3% achieved in 2010<\/li>\n<li>Limpopo: 63.9% \u2013 up from 57.9% and an improvement of 6.0%<\/li>\n<li>Mpumalanga: 64.8% \u2013 up from 56.8%, representing the largest improvement by a province of 8%<\/li>\n<li>The Free State: 75.7% \u2013 up from 70.7%, an improvement of 5.0%<\/li>\n<li>The North West: 77.8% \u2013 up from 75.7%, and improvement of 2.1%<\/li>\n<li>Gauteng: 81.1% \u2013 up from 78.6% in 2010, an improvement of 2.5%<\/li>\n<li>The Western Cape: 82.9% \u2013 the highest pass rate up from 76.8% in 2009, an improvement of 6.1%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even more shocking the five poorest performing districts were all in the Eastern Cape, namely Butterworth, Fort Beaufort, Libode, Mount Frere and Sterkspruit.<\/p>\n<p>Against a background of swinging door provincial education leadership and a serious lack of service delivery hard questions need to be asked by the ruling party around their continued redeployment of clearly incompetent leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Couple the above with the twin facts that the Eastern Cape is continually highlighted as the spiritual home of the ANC liberation movement and a stronghold capable of swinging any elections in the favour of the ANC the question must be asked; \u201cWhy does the ANC, in it\u2019s role as the ruling party, continue to fail it\u2019s youth in the Eastern Cape?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dare we say the words; \u201d Because the ANC needs dumb and compliant people to continue voting for it\u201d? Or maybe the continued policy of cadre redeployment has finally run it\u2019s course and the people will voice their displeasure at the next national election?<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, it is embarrassing to be part of a province that is the home of the ruling party and that continues to be the whipping boy of South Africa when it comes to our failure to educate. The knowledge that the Eastern Cape once again produced the DUNCE Class of 2011, will certainly will not sit well with each and every 2011 East Cape Matriculant and has the capacity to make entry into the job market even more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Come on Mr and Mrs Education Department official \u2013 have the guts to take a stand and fight for the future of South Africa and our youth no matter their perceived political persuasion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again the Eastern Cape has stumbled lazily (in total contrast to performed) to the lowest echelons of the provincial matric pass rates. Against a background of six out of nine provinces improving their matric pass rates the Eastern Cape joins KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape in the Dunce Class of 2011. 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