Our World in Charts is a unique collection of hundreds of charts published by The Outlier. The charts cover key issues both in South Africa and around the world on topics such as education, economy, politics, sport and more. Republish our charts for free.
It’s normal in South Africa for almost half of the matric maths group to fail the subject. Last year, 45% of the learners failed maths and the year before that 42% failed.
But learners at fee-paying schools are far more likely to pass maths than learners at no-fee schools. No-fee schools tend to be in low-income and rural areas
In this year’s matric maths exams, half of the learners from no-fee schools passed. In fee-paying schools, two-thirds (68%) passed and in independent (private) schools 72% passed.
— 6 February, 2023Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
