Media Release
Minister of Education Debbie Schäfer
Western Cape

12 January, 2017


Western Cape Education Department
National Senior Certificate Examinations 2016

Awards to Schools

All schools will receive a certificate.

We begin with the presentation of awards to the category of Most Improved Schools.

Category: The Most improved Technical High school is:

School name
Oval North High School

Category: Schools that have shown the greatest increase in the percentage of Bachelor's passes are:

No. School name
1. Umyezo Wama Apile High School
2. Cathkin High School
3. Manyano High School
4. Noorder-Paarl Sekondêre Skool
5. Pelican Park High School
6. Glendale Secondary School
7. Ned Doman High School
8. Albert Myburgh Sekondêre Skool
9. Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy
10. Hoërskool Bonnievale

Category: Most Improved Public Schools

Awards will be made to ten (10) schools with 30 or more candidates that have shown the greatest improvement in pass rate over the period 2014 to 2016.

No. School name
1. Mfuleni Secondery School
2. Uitzig Sekondêre Skool
3. Lotus High School
4. Blackheath High School
5. Bishop Lavis High School
6. Peak View Secondary School
7. Knysna Sekondêre Skool
8. Elswood Sekondêre Skool
9. Villiersdorp Sekondêre Skool
10. Sibelius High School

Category: Excellence in Academic Performance

In this category, awards are presented to all schools in the province (including independent schools) that have achieved excellence in academic results in 2016.

Category: Technical high schools (one or more schools)

School name
Hoër Tegniese Skool Drostdy

Category: Schools with an NSC enrolment of less than 30 candidates

No. School name
1. Star College - Bridgetown
2. Michael Oak Waldorf School

Category: Schools with an NSC enrolment of 30 or more candidates

No. School name
1. Springfield Convent of the Holy Rosary (Independent School)
2. Herschel Girls' High School (Independent School)
3. Diocesan College (Independent School)
4. Rustenburg Girls' High School
5. Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof
6. Westerford High School
7. Rondebosch Boys' High School
8. South African College High School
9. Herzlia High School (Independent School)
10. Paul Roos Gimnasium
11. Hoërskool DF Malan
12. Rhenish Girls' High School
13. Hoërskool Parel Vallei
14. Hoër Jongenskool Paarl
15. Claremont High School
16. Wynberg Boys' High School
17. Stellenberg High School
18. Hoër Meisieskool La Rochelle
19. Wynberg Girls' High School
20. St. George's Grammar School

Category: Improvement and excellence in individual subjects

In this category awards are presented to the schools that have shown the greatest improvement and Excellence in performance in selected subjects:

Improvement in Mathematics

School name
Fairmont High School

Excellence in Mathematics

School name
The Settlers High School

Improvement in Physical Sciences

School name
Rondebosch Boys' High School

Excellence in Physical Sciences

School name
Paul Roos Gimnasium

Improvement in English Home Language

School name
Hottentots-Holland High School

Excellence in English Home Language

School name
Fairmont High School

Improvement in Afrikaans Home Language

School name
Hoërskool Forest Heights

Excellence in Afrikaans Home Language

School name
George Sekondêre Skool

Improvement in isiXhosa Home Language

School name
Sophumelela Secondary School

Excellence in isiXhosa Home Language

School name
Sinethemba Secondary School

Improvement in Information Technology

School name
Fairmont High School

Excellence in Information Technology

School name
Centre of Science and Technology

Improvement in Computer Applications Technology

School name
Langenhoven Gimnasium

Excellence in Computer Applications Technology

School name
Atlantis Sekondêre Skool

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