While many matric pupils across SA were focused on time management and favourite subjects in grade 12, Sesona Masingili, Sanele Vilakazi and Thabo Mathake were battling load reduction and a lack of water.
The three were part of the top-40 achievers who were invited to the Ministerial Breakfast with the minister of basic education, Siviwe Gwarube, on Monday.
Masingili, 17, from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape said he had mixed emotions about the experience.
