Question

Why must higher education pass rate be lowered to 30%

Answer 1

If we scrap the 30% pass mark, our expectation of each Grade 12 learner is: Choose your NSC subjects wisely and get the best marks that you can in all your subjects. The higher your marks, the more opportunities for further study and work will open up for you. You can’t fail as there is no ‘pass mark’. Whatever marks you get, those marks are printed on your NSC certificate.

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Answer 2

I guess it depends on the goals of a university system.

If I am doing my math correctly, the set pass rate at my university when I started was around 29%. We were told that the bottom third would be flunked out each year. I do not remember the actual pass rate.

There is an advantage to that for university graduates, as a university degree now means more of an accomplihment, rather than that meaning somebody just hung around for four to six years.

There is a financial disadvantage to the college, in that those students who are being kicked out are no longer paying tuition and fees.

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