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Girls' schools feature in the top twenty "academically excellent" schools in the Western Cape

Of the twenty Western Cape schools recognised by the Minister of Education for "Academic Excellence" just under half of them were girls' schools. The descriptor, "Academic Excellence", was based on these schools' results over the last three years, and included three criteria:

  • an overall pass rate of at least 95% and
  • a matriculation endorsement rate in excess of 70% and
  • a merit pass rate of at least 60%

Of the nineteen schools in the province which fell into this category, eight of them were girls' schools, five of them boys' and five of them co-ed. Thus, of the nineteen academically excellent schools, thirteen of them were single sex schools, and both Wynberg Boys' and Wynberg Girls' High were cited amongst them.

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Top female Matric candidate
in the Western Cape

 The top female candidate in the Western Cape, Lauren Hartmann, came from one of those girls' schools, and it is not the first time that this Wynberg Girls' High scholar has impressed the MEC's in 2002.

Earlier this year, she was cited as a South African role model for her achievements in a number of Science Olympiads by Dr Ben Ngubane (MEC Arts, Culture, Science and Technology). This time, she has impressed Mr Andre Gaum, MEC for Education in the Western Cape with her matric results. She is the top female matric student in the Western Cape, obtaining an average of 108%. Not only that, she is amongst the top three candidates in Biology, and was the top English student in the Western Cape. She was also the top candidate in the Western Cape in the Gebruiksafrikaans-olimpiade in 2002.

It seems that the awards made by the MEC of Education in the Western Cape support the findings by educators and researchers reported on in The Washington Times in May 2002, that single sex instruction is beneficial to both boys and girls. Whether or not these findings are accurate, what is clear is that both Wynberg schools offer a good education, which includes small classes, a rigorous curriculum, high standards, discipline, good teachers and attention to eliminating gender bias. 

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