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#MatricResults2019

The department of basic education massages the numbers to tell a misleading rosy story every January.

Data out of the technical reports they release during the years. They paint a very troubling picture.

The real pass rate is 22% for Maths. Using 50% line Image
The data for Physical Science is not very positive either.

The real pass mark reveals an average performance of 25.2% of students passing over a period of 8 years.

The number is students sitting for the exam declined while the number sitting for matric went up. Image
The Department has a strategic planing document outlining what their goals would be.

They have failed to meet the goals of their 2011-2014 Strategic Plan. Let alone the 2015-2018 plan.

If we were giving them a mark based on their Strat Plan. They would get 29%. They failed. Image
Never forget that while the data is nuetral - The statistics are political

Stats can be made to say whatever the person paying wants them to.

Misleading statistics are a reality.
Measuring a pass at 30% or 40% is a 🚩 for being hustled by the presenter of the data. ImageImageImage
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