JOHANNESBURG – Build One SA has reiterated its call for the Department of Basic Education to increase the matric pass mark to 50%.

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Other parties, including the IFP, supported the call in the National Assembly on Tuesday.

The Department is informing Parliament of its state of preparation for the 2024 matric exams.

Bosa’s Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster said the current 30 percent matric pass rate, with conditions, simply does not equip students for life beyond matric.

Secretary General, Mugwena Maluleke of the Union of Democratic Teachers of SA discussed this with eNCA.