LETTER: Matric exams or developing skills?
A school-leaving certificate, required for some job-related training, may be a better bet for SA
I am concerned by the huge amount of publicity given to matriculation results, understandable though this is. Matriculation literally means achieving a standard that meets the requirements for admission to some university courses, in contrast to a school-leaving certificate, which is required for some technical, teaching, nursing or other training.
I wrote my matric in 1950. When I was at school, we had an art master who insisted the lucky boys were those who failed matric. His (tongue-in-cheek?) point was that they were forced to consider career choices with more direct practical applications in technical, teaching, nursing or other careers...
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