Matric Results: Limpopo School Obtains 0% Pass Rate 

Matric Results: Limpopo School Obtains 0% Pass Rate. A Limpopo school was the only school in the country to record zero matric exam passes for the 2025 National Senior Certificate exam

The Department of Basic Education released the results on 13 January 2026, and schools achieved a combined 88% pass rate South Africans demanded to know how the school, which had 15 matriculants, failed to produce one learner who passed the exams

SEKHUKHUNE, LIMPOPO — South Africans were taken aback after a high school in Limpopo obtained a 0% pass rate for the 2025 National Senior Certificate exams. This was after the Department of Basic Education revealed that the class of 2025 obtained an 88% pass rate.

According to Schools Digest, none of the matriculants at Naledi-Ya-Meso Secondary School in Sekhukhune passed. The school, which falls under the Sekhukhune South Education District, had only 15 matriculants who did not pass.

A look at the 2025 NSC exam results

KwaZulu-Natal had the highest pass rate of 90.6%, followed by the Free state which achieved an 89.33% pass rate. Gauteng came in third with a pass rate of 89.06%. The Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, noted that the 88% national pass rate was 0.7% higher than the class of 2024, with over 656,000 learners passing their exam and 345,000 obtaining bachelor’s passes.

MZulu wa Limpopo asked: “0%? What were the teachers doing throughout the year?”

Sizwe said: “I wouldn’t blame the teachers in this case. I would like to do a proper, thorough investigation into these poor results. You might find that there are little to no resources or a deeper problem than this.”

Public Servant said: “I know the school. It’s bad there.”

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