They only want children who are stars yet they are supposed to produce stars in children who are average,' she said.
Mashele said her daughter found some"difficult words" in the English oral test, and struggled with some of the maths questions as she had not been taught them at school.
"Applicants who do not meet the requirements for the expected grade have the opportunity to write again later in the year as they may well have matured and mastered skills later."IN NUMBERS1,865 - the number of private schools in SA in 2018 It had had a 100% matric pass rate since its first grade 12s sat the exam more than 20 years ago, he said."We don't believe there is an advantage in what could be viewed as exclusionary."
The criticism also comes in the wake of recent amendments to admission regulations by the Gauteng education department which ban school governing bodies from subjecting new scholars to such tests.
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