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National Senior Certificate Results 2009 |
A detailed analysis of the National Senior Certificate Results for 2009.
summary
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Pass
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173 ex 173 (100.0%)
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Fail
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0
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| Batchelor's Pass |
162 ex 173 (93.6%)
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Diploma Pass
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11 ex 173 (6.4%)
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| Subject Passes
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1211 ex 1217 (99.5%)
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subject
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subject average (%)
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Number of candidates |
Pass |
% pass
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English Home Language
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62.7
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173
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173
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100
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Afrikaans Home Language
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79.5 |
2
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2
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100
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Afrikaans First Additional Language
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61.6
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161
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161
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100
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isiXhosa First Additional language
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61.3
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10
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10
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100
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Mathematics
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68.9
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139
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139
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100
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Mathematical Literacy
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77.0
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34
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34
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100
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Life Orientation
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77.0
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173
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173
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100
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Accounting
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63.5
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68
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66
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97.1
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Business Studies
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60.4
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64
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64
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100
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Computer Applications Technology
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67.3
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26
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26
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100 |
Engineering Graphics and Design
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78.6
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14
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14
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100
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Geography
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70.9
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45
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45
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100
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History
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74.8
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76
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76
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100
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Information Technology
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82.1
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31
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31
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100
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Life Sciences
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70.0
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79
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79
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100
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Music
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87.5
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15
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15
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100
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Physical Sciences
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60.6
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82
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82
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100
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Visual Arts
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44.0
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19
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15
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78.9
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Mathematics Paper 3 (Optional)
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63.2
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6
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6
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100
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subject distinctions
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| Accounting
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12
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| Afrikaans Home Language |
1
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Afrikaans First Additional Language
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10
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Business Studies
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2
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Computer Applications Technology
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7
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Engineering Graphics and Design
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6
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English Home Language
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9
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| Geography |
6
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History
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25
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Information Technology
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18
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Life Orientation
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78
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Life Sciences
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15
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Mathematical Literacy
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16
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Mathematics
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38
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Mathematics Paper 3
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2
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| Music |
11
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Physical Sciences
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3
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TOTAL
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259 ex 1217 (21.3%)
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Top Candidates
In ranking order (by unofficial “aggregate”), with number of individual subject distinctions in parentheses
1st
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Timothy Olls (8)
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| 2nd |
Chris Goosen (6)
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| 3rd |
Mauritz Zastron (5)
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| 4th |
David veitch (6)
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5th
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Stephen Carse (5)
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6th
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Henno Klingelhoeffer (5)
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7th
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Noel Jansen (5)
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8th
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Jonathan Schmidt (6)
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9th
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Brian Saunders (5)
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10th
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Donovan Welsford (5)
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36 candidates achieved school academic colours (unofficial "A" aggregates); coincidentally, there were also 36 half-colours (unofficial "B" aggregates).
Comment
The final NSC results of 2009 were recently received and it is with very great pleasure that we can report that the Grey High School Grade 12 class of 2009 came through very strongly indeed. Congratulations are due to them and their parents, and to their hard-working teachers, especially when one compares the Grey results to the dismal national and provincial figures.
The full house of passes and the extremely high university entrance pass rate, allied to the generally excellent subject averages and the large clutch of subject distinctions, are aspects of which the school is rightfully proud. The top individuals, headed by Tim Olls and Chris Goosen, performed exceptionally well but one is also conscious of the fact that nearly everyone in the 173 strong group achieved a university pass, an indication of the buy-in to excellence from the class as a whole, not just the acknowledged top academics.
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