{"id":141709,"date":"2017-01-06T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141709\/class-of-2016-celebrates\/"},"modified":"2017-01-06T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T12:43:12","slug":"class-of-2016-celebrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/06\/class-of-2016-celebrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2016 celebrates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dawn of January 5 saw the release of the 2016 matric results and Germiston High School learners were among those, who were thrilled to receive their results.<\/p>\n

The school had a pass rate of 95.75 per cent and 52 distinctions.<\/p>

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The deputy principal of the school, Ren\u00e9e Goosen, was pleased with all of their 166 matriculants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re very happy with the pass rate and although some of the pupils struggled during the year, they pulled through,\u201d she said.<\/p>

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\u201cThe matriculants performed better than expected; they overcame many obstacles and challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe staff also did tremendous work helping the learners; we have hard working staff members.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s top achievers were Nhlurile Hlatshwayo and Mbalenhle Ndhlovu, who produced 10 distinctions between them.<\/p>\n