The Department of Basic Education has announced the results for the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric exams. Click here to check your matric results. The results are brought to you in partnership with Damelin Correspondence College. Please note: Western Cape results were only released on Saturday morning and are now available too. The matric class of 2017 have achieved a pass rate of 75.1%‚ a 2.6 percentage points increase from 72.5% in the previous year. This is still down from a peak of 78.2% of matriculants who passed in 2013. The figure reflects the achievement of the 401‚435 matriculants who passed their NSC exams‚ Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Thursday evening.

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