Parliament has voted to keep the matric pass mark at 30.
There were 119 MPs from the ANC, DA, VF, PA and Al Jama-ah who voted against raising the pass mark motion to scrap this, while 87 MPs from the EFF, MK Party, UDM, BOSA, ACDP, ActionSA and Rise Mzansi backed it.
Build One SA BOSA slammed the outcome, calling the 30 benchmark a betrayal of young people.
