By Zuko Komisa
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on Monday released the 2022 inmate matriculation results.
He made the announcement at the St Albans Correctional Facility in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.
The pass rate for inmates who took the matric examinations last year increased from 87.5% to 87.5%, a 10.5 percentage point increase.
122 of the 203 prisoners took the NSC exam and passed it with a bachelor’s degree.
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The Department said that of those who successfully passed 122 [52.8%] received bachelor’s passes; 56 [24.2%] received diploma passes; and 10.4% achieved higher certificates.
Best performing learners with six subject distinctions each pic.twitter.com/IXE3NxVGL7
— Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services 🇿🇦 (@Min_JCS) January 23, 2023
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Minister of Justice and Correctional Service Ronald Lamola has slammed complaints by the public and explained why the Department spends heavily on education.
“We are always accused that we pay for your studies, we always clarify that taking you to study through the basic education department, a public resource, is not a waste but an investment to our nation because it contributes to your rehabilitation……”
“I have said there is reason for inmates to be sitting idle in these facilities especially those under 35 years of age,you must go to school. We must make it compulsory.” said Lamola.
Best performing region: KwaZulu-Natal led by Ethubeni with 20 learners and 100% pass rate for 7 consecutive years and the most distinctions pic.twitter.com/V7Qq0vpiYA
— Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services 🇿🇦 (@Min_JCS) January 23, 2023
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