Overberg schools still best in the province
The first week in January is usually a time of nervous anticipation for our towns’ matric learners as they await the announcement of their results along with the rest of the country.
When the results of the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations were released on 5 January, many breathed a sigh of relief (as. no doubt, did their fraught parents) because, as in previous years, the learners of the Overstrand did our schools proudly.
While 82.8% of learners in the Western Cape passed the 2017 NSC exam, it was again the Over berg that took top honours as the best performing district out of the eight school districts in the Western Cape. The Overberg also achieved 10th place in the country, out of a total of 70 districts, with a pass rate of 87.7%.
Addressing the province’s Matric Awards Ceremony, held at Leeuwenhof in Cape Town on 11 January. Western Cape Premier Helen Zille congratulated the Western Cape learners who took the top two spots country wide – Janke van Dyk from Bellville High School, who was SA’s top achiever, and Matthys Cars-tens from Durbanville High School, who was placed second.
The top achiever in South Africa in 2016 was Con-rad Strydom from Hermanus High School.
The 2017 matric class of Hermanus High School again achieved a 100% pass rate and further excelled by achieving 23 A aggregates.The A candidates are Francesca Middle ton (933%). Meaka Garland (91.7%). Chizellede Wet (913%). Daniel Landes (903%). Misha van Zyl (88.8%). Zainab Khafif (88.7%). Kayla Swartz (873%). Klara van Rooyen (873%). Natalie Austin (87%). Alissa Coetzee (863%), Shana Horn 86.5%, Dabin Kim (863%). Adie Heunis (8S3%). Franco Swarts (85%). Rachel Templer (81.7%). Georgia Moore (81.3%). Jean Barkhui-zen (81.2%). Amy Hess (83.8%). Malaika Jones (823%). Robert King (81.7%), Dehan Scheepers (81.67%), Ann Marie Swart (80.2%) and h/ a Bresler (80%).
Hermanus High boasts 217 subject distinctions and 137 out of 178 candidates (77%) achieved a Bachelor Degree pass (university exemption). ‘We are very pleased with these outstanding results and I’d like to congratulate all our matric learners.* said Principal Greg Hassenkamp. *l also want to thank the parents and Governing Body for their support in achieving these results. Above all the school would like to thank the staff, who continue to go over and beyond the call of duty, for their dedicated service*
Curro Hermanus Independent School has achieved a 100% pass rate for the third year running since their first matric class graduated in 2015. Among the 21 matrics who wrote the 2017 Independent Examination Board (IEB) examinations. 77% achieved university exemption. Their top performing student is Jana Bierman with 1 subject distinctions.
Northcliff House College
achieved a 91.1% pass rate and a total of 13 subject distinctions. Of the 18 matriculants. 9 achieved a Bachelor Degree pass. 7 a Diploma pass and one a Higher Certificate pass.The school’s top matriculant is Hope Botha, who achieved 1 distinctions, while Matthew Jones came in second, also boasting 1 distinctions.
Qhayiya Secondary School
achieved an 83.5% pass rate which is slightly down from the previous year’s pass rate of 88.5%. However. Principal Nkosilungile Lolwana said the school is very pleased with the results, especially since the number of matriculants doubled from only 87 in 2016 to 170 in 2017.
Of those. 112 passed their exams – 36 achieved a Bachelor Degree pass (21.2%), 69 a Diploma pass (10.6%) and 37 a Higher Certificate pass (21.8%). Qhayiya’s top learner is Phelokazi Mbokotwana. who achieved an average of 72.6%.
Hawston Secondary School
had reason to celebrate their matric results as the school’s pass rate has increased from 733% in 2016 to 78.9% in 2017. Of the 9S matrics who wrote the 2017 NSC exam. 75 passed. Furthermore, the number of matrics that achieved Bachelor Degree
passes increased from 10.8% in 2016 to 11.6% in 2017. while the number of Diploma passes went up from 11.1% to 17.1%. The school achieved a total of 1 subject distinctions and the top performing student is Logan Farao with an average of 72%.
Gansbaai Academia’s pass rate went down from 95.2% in 2016 to 823% in the 2017 NSC exam. However, the school is overjoyed ed by the achievements of their two A aggregate learners, Llewelyn Davids and Heinrich van der Merwe. Llewelyn is the first matric of Gansbaai Academia to achieve 7 subject distinctions and an average of 88.8%.
With this excellent performance, Llewelyn was among the top matrics in the Western Cape who were invited to the Matric Awards ceremony at Leeuwenhof on 11 January. The school is equally proud of Heinrich. who achieved 6 distinctions and an average of 833%.