Well done and congratulations to the Matric Class of 2025.
Proud parents, relieved learners and smiling staff filled the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet foyer this morning as the ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ returned to collect their National Senior Certificate results.
With 41 subject distinctions achieved by the class overall, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐, who topped the class with an exceptional 87% average and an impressive collection of 7 distinctions across a demanding subject load. She was followed by Milani Pongoma in second place, with Tara Ferreira in third place and Someleze Ntshuca in fourth, both producing strong, balanced results.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ Trystan Hulleman, Lwandile Memani, Ndodana Speelman, Demi Kretzmann, Aaminah Steele, and Muhammad-Ismail Ahmed – ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 2025.
Subject excellence was evident across the curriculum. ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ-๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐: English HL – Erin Gedult, Afrikaans FAL – Erin Gedult, Mathematics – Erin Gedult, Mathematical Literacy – Matthew Oosthuizen, Accounting – Erin Gedult, Business Studies – Unam Vumazonke, Computer Applications Technology – Alexander Neill, Geography – Trystan Hulleman, History – Someleze Ntshuca, Life Sciences – Erin Gedult, Physical Sciences – Erin Gedult and Tourism – Chloe Tainton.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐.
Seventy-one percent of learners achieved Bachelorโs passes, opening doors to further study at tertiary institutions, while a further 20% earned Diploma passes.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ such as Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Accounting, as well as the number of learners achieving distinctions in multiple subjects.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข 94,44% ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 2025 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ – ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ.
