SHOOT: I went to a all boys parallel medium school, but I've taught at a mixed English schools. One of the major differences - the Afrikaans schools have much better discipline, higher standards, and tend to be moral.
The minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, said she was proud of the achievements of the Afrikaans-medium schools, adding that she was ready to consult with their management teams "to learn and adapt some of their systems" to help struggling schools.
Single-sex schools are better than co-ed, girls are smarter than boys, Afrikaans schools do extraordinarily well and Gauteng has the most top state schools.
The survey also found that girls are outstripping their male counterparts, with 9259 having bagged an astounding 18771 As, including more than 2000 for maths alone in last year's matric exams. In comparison, the 8062 boys produced only 11194 As.
Although 32 Afrikaans schools and eight parallel-medium schools featured in the top 100, only 818 black matriculants were enrolled in these schools compared with 6911 white pupils.
"It may be a risky comment to make but generally you will find that the level of participation in the affairs of the school by Afrikaans-speaking parents is a little higher.
A total of 11654 pupils out of the 17420 from the top 100 schools were white compared with 3210 black, 1220 coloured and 1305 Indian pupils. Of the remaining 31 candidates, 21 were Asian, while the races of the other 10 were unknown.
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clipped from www.timeslive.co.za
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