04 January 2012

The South African Democratic Students Movement (SADESMO) would like to congratulate all successful matriculants of the class of 2011.

We are proud of the fact that there was a significant growth in the percentage of successful matriculants in the results released on the 4th January 2011. We would also like to encourage the matriculants that did not make it to try again because we believe you only fail when you stop trying.

We are however concerned by the results in the Eastern Cape where various factors let down learners in the build up to their final examinations. We believe the Minister of Basic Education dragged her feet in the debacle and having the President inform us about the problems faced by the province's education department and their plans to address them was merely window dressing which yielded no tangible results.

The recently released results leave us with high optimism with regard to the future of South Africa and government effectively addressing issues affecting Basic Education.

We also laud the continued publishing of matric results in newspapers and strongly condemn the threats of COSAS which seeks to continue with its long standing record of barbaric behaviour.

We do hope that all successful matriculants are ready for tertiary life and we will welcome them as they join SADESMO branches across the country. We would also like to warn them against the prying hands of criminal syndicates operating fly by night institutions where the Department of Higher Education has failed to take drastic steps in eliminating these monsters..

For More Information Contact:

Thabiso Dlamini

SADESMO Secretary-General 082 862 1421