Soshanguve schools improve matric pass rate.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  December 31, 2008 ;     448 words ......after it only obtained a 15% pass rate last year. The pupils were so determined...Soshanguve school obtained a 60.3% pass rate - up from 34% last year. Physical science teacher...Hammanskraal achieved a 97.% pass rate this year - well up from its 37% ...

Uncertainty over matric pass rate.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  December 13, 2006 ;     335 words ......mixed |feelings about this year's matric pass rate, with |some citing the incorporation...2004 with 70.7% passes. Last year saw the lowest pass rate in years with 68.3% matric...was hard to tell what this |year's pass rate would be, but pointed out...

North West improves its pass rate.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  December 29, 2006 ;     186 words ......registered a 67% pass rate - a 4% improvement on last year's matric results...better than 80% pass rate. The number of schools producing a pass rate of below 50% has...situation, he said. This year's results were the...better than 80% pass rate increased ...

SALEM SCHOOLS ACHIEVE 2ND YEAR OF SOL SUCCESS NEW GOAL: 90 PERCENT PASS...

Roanoke Times & World News;  July 11, 2003 ;     348 words ......high school - have met the pass rate for at least four years. This year, many of the pass rates...tests met the 70 percent pass rate last year. The city has not released...achieved the 70 percent pass rate last year. The statewide success...

Exam pass rate slump blamed on 'illiteracy'.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 15, 2002 ;     458 words ......barely literate'. The pass rate for English fell from 72.3 per cent last year to 64.7 per cent this year, and in maths the pass rate dropped from 69 per...optimistically', prompted by last year's unusually high pass rate - a claim now backed...

96.9% Staggering A-level pass rate for Wales.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......24%. It means the pass rate for the gold standard...risen for the 24th year in succession. There...are slowing. This year's A grades rose...the overall A-E pass rate improved by 0.1...surprisingly, the pass rate at AS-level actually dropped this year. The overall ...

On this form we could see a 100% pass rate

Evening Standard - London;  August 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ......time the annual pass rate went down. This year's rise of 0.7 per...per cent A-level pass rate. What's more, the...As awarded this year was also up by 0...A-level and take one year instead of two), yet both the pass rate and the number of...

QUESTION 1: The SQA's credibility was shot topieces by last year's exams...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......increase in the pass rate for Higher Students...pound]11million this year - provoked an immense...within hours, the pass rate figure had been...relative success this year (after last year it had nowhere to...blunder over the pass rate statistics. But...figure for ...

GCSE pass rate lowest for a decade

Belfast Telegraph;  August 21, 2003 ;     687 words ...The GCSE pass rate fell to its lowest...of thousands of 16-year-olds left school...But the overall pass rate - grades A* to G...97.9 per cent last year to 97.6 per cent...from candidates this year. Every grade below...a decline in the pass rate this year. ...

School rises from rags to riches with 94% pass rate.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  January 3, 2009 ;     471 words ......improved its pass rate from 69% in 2007 to 94% last year, securing its...very early in the year and we have outdone...to attain a 90% pass rate. Nobody knew what...the slump in the pass rate in some schools...priority this year is to work on...

100% A-level pass rate is 'almost here'.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 16, 2007 ;     606 words ......Western Mail A 100% pass rate for Welsh A-level...comfortably exceeded last year's record of 95...his school's 99% pass rate at grades A to E...higher than last year. A total of 68% of...are up 2% on last year with 59% achieving...have such a high pass rate. ...

Schools celebrate record pass rate

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  August 9, 2006 ;     270 words ......history with the S5 higher pass rate at 97% - including 79% of...A and B, with an overall pass rate of 92%. Head teacher John...performance at higher this year." Standards had also risen...school maintained the 100% pass rate at standard grade achieved last year. It ...

Overall pass rate disappoints

Accountancy SA;  August 1, 2003 ;     456 words ......2003. The overall pass rate in this year's QE 1 results is...Johannesburg. The pass rate among blacks, Indians...of improving the pass rate in QE 1 of candidates...beginning of last year, is currently confined...SAICA. "The low pass rate among black ...

Exam system under fire as pass rate hits record high; Standard Grades face...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Mail understands the pass rate will show a 'marginal' increase again this year. The revelation is...future due by 2007. Last year, the Higher pass rate rose to 70.7 per cent...change' in the Higher pass rate this year. Since last year's...

A-LEVELS: THE BIG TEST: BY 2007, NO ONE WILL FAIL; Shock prediction as new...

The Mirror (London, England);  August 19, 2004 ;     305 words ......have a 100 per cent pass rate if the current rise...record-breaking year of results, sparking...getting too easy. This year's pass rate soared to 96 per...than girls this year. Their pass rate edged up by 0.7...speculate on when the pass rate would ...