ENGLISH A THORN AGAIN, 3 235 FAIL JC EXAM

MBABANE – The queen’s language continues to be a stumbling block for local pupils as 1 384 failed because of English Language.

The Minister of Education and Training, Phineas Magagula, revealed that although a total of 3 235 failed the Junior Certificate (JC) examination, 42.78 per cent failed because of English Language. He said the number of pupils who failed English Language, but could have passed in the various categories, were 825.

These could have obtained a Second class pass, 538 could have recorded a Third class, 20 First class and one pupil could have obtained a Merit.
A total of 17 314 candidates sat for the JC examinations in 2017 compared to the 15 756 candidates in 2016. Magagula said the increase in the candidature was by 1 558 (9.89 per cent) when compared to the 2016 entries.

Meanwhile, apart from Mphelandzaba High School, which was the worst performing, Ka-Shali Pro Learning High School also had nine pupils who failed from a total of 14 pupils who sat for the exam.        

Matsetsa High School in the Lubombo Region also had a high number of pupils as over half the class failed. In total, there were 96 pupils who sat for the examinations and 53 of them failed.
Big Bend High School, which has been marred by controversy, also did not perform well as they made the list of the worst performing schools.

Ngcoseni Central High School, which was the worst performing school in 2016, again made the poor performers list as it recorded 97 failures which was a great improvement from the 167 failures it obtained last year.
On a more positive note, KaBoyce High School once again returned to the summit by being the best performing school in the entire country.

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