The Truth Speaks louder than my Words

This is the prove about my post about the Education Pass rates on races per Province. The below table is copied and pasted directly from an article and is a response from the BASIC EDUCATION MINISTER. I wonder how many of these majority failed students are going to justify these numbers with a cry of APARTHEID / OPPRESSION / POVERTY / LACK OF OPPORTUNITY etc!!! It's never their fault, it's always someone or something else that causes then to fail, in education and in life!!

Reply by Minister of Basic Education A Motshekga on questions posed in the National Assembly for written reply, September 9 2009
Mr DC Smiles (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether her department has any statistics on the breakdown of matric candidates in 2008 in terms of race; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how many (i) black, (ii) coloured, (iii) Indian, (iv) white, (v) Asian and (vi) other learners wrote the 2008 Senior Certificate examinations in each province and (b) how many of these learners (i) failed, (ii) passed, (iii) passed with matric exemption, (iv) passed with merit and (v) passed with distinction?
Reply
Statistics on the break down of candidates who wrote the Grade 12 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination in 2008, in terms of race is available
(a) (i) to (vi) - See table 1 column 1.
(b) (i) - See table 1 column 3.
(b) (ii) - See table 1 column 2.
(b) (iii) - See table 1 columns 4, 5 and 6 for the types of passes which allows candidates admission to higher education.
(b) (iv) - The NSC in 2008 did not make provision for "Pass with merit".
(b) (v) - The NSC in 2008 did not make provision for "Pass with distinction".
Table 1: NSC Nov 2008 - Race data per province

		1	2	3	4	5	6
Province	Race	Wrote	Passed	Failed	Pass Bachelor	Pass Diploma	Pass Higher Certificate
Eastern Cape	Asian	34	32	2	25	6	1
Eastern Cape	Black	52,998	24,120	28,878	5,401	8,796	9,722
Eastern Cape	Coloured	4,053	3,115	938	807	1,420	864
Eastern Cape	Indian	155	149	6	101	37	10
Eastern Cape	Unspecified	14	12	2	5	4	3
Eastern Cape	White	3,130	3,097	33	2,108	901	78
Eastern Cape Total		60,384	30,525	29,859	8,447	11,164	10,678
Free State	Asian	114	92	22	43	24	23
Free State	Black	26,050	17,728	8,322	3,865	7,418	6,373
Free State	Coloured	743	550	193	147	273	122
Free State	Indian	28	27	1	18	6	3
Free State	Unspecified	1	1	0	1	0	0
Free State	White	3,278	3,246	32	2,219	945	64
Free State Total		30,214	21,644	8,570	6,293	8,666	6,585
Gauteng	Asian	164	153	11	105	34	10
Gauteng	Black	71,687	50,446	21,241	14,565	19,397	14,678
Gauteng	Coloured	4,553	3,719	834	1,306	1,419	854
Gauteng	Indian	2,367	2,306	61	1,567	476	172
Gauteng	Unspecified	19	18	1	14	3	1
Gauteng	White	15,291	15,155	136	10,051	4,488	449
Gauteng Total		94,081	71,797	22,284	27,608	25,817	16,164
Kwazulu-Natal	Asian	1,035	444	591	100	164	177
Kwazulu-Natal	Black	126,090	67,238	58,852	16,657	25,697	24,447
Kwazulu-Natal	Coloured	1,613	1,433	180	630	567	233
Kwazulu-Natal	Indian	8,792	8,258	534	4,282	2,987	980
Kwazulu-Natal	Unspecified	23	23	0	21	2	0
Kwazulu-Natal	White	2,919	2,905	14	2,156	680	66
Kwazulu-Natal Total		140,472	80,301	60,171	23,846	30,097	25,903
Limpopo	Asian	79	75	4	51	17	3
Limpopo	Black	87,171	46,981	40,190	10,041	16,743	19,677
Limpopo	Coloured	134	89	45	27	41	20
Limpopo	Indian	3	1	2	1	0	0
Limpopo	Unspecified	9	5	4	2	2	1
Limpopo	White	1,386	1,379	7	921	423	23
Limpopo Total		88,782	48,530	40,252	11,043	17,226	19,724
Mpumalanga	Asian	599	237	362	60	77	94
Mpumalanga	Black	50,563	24,910	25,653	4,815	9,327	10,376
Mpumalanga	Coloured	243	197	46	76	78	42
Mpumalanga	Indian	132	130	2	74	41	10
Mpumalanga	Unspecified	10	4	6	0	2	2
Mpumalanga	White	2,429	2,405	24	1,468	864	56
Mpumalanga Total		53,976	27,883	26,093	6,493	10,389	10,580
North West	Asian	24	20	4	14	4	1
North West	Black	29,479	19,005	10,474	4,057	7,601	6,987
North West	Coloured	511	399	112	115	174	97
North West	Indian	104	99	5	81	15	1
North West	Unspecified	5	4	1	2	0	1
North West	White	2,962	2,943	19	1,944	896	83
North West Total		33,085	22,470	10,615	6,213	8,690	7,170
Northern Cape	Asian	17	13	4	6	5	1
Northern Cape	Black	5,023	3,286	1,737	673	1,296	1,230
Northern Cape	Coloured	3,965	2,989	976	660	1,395	887
Northern Cape	Indian	16	15	1	12	2	1
Northern Cape	Unspecified	6	4	2	2	0	2
Northern Cape	White	950	944	6	584	329	26
Northern Cape Total		9,977	7,251	2,726	1,937	3,027	2,147
Western Cape	Asian	53	52	1	38	12	2
Western Cape	Black	11,767	7,051	4,716	1,815	2,602	2,286
Western Cape	Coloured	22,398	17,896	4,502	5,159	7,778	4,439
Western Cape	Indian	421	408	13	296	83	16
Western Cape	Unspecified	645	610	35	359	198	36
Western Cape	White	8,408	8,376	32	6,500	1,674	117
Western Cape Total		43,692	34,393	9,299	14,167	12,347	6,896
Grand Total		554,663	344,794	209,869	106,047	127,423	105,847