Former grade 12 pupils of Zikhethele Secondary School in Devon, Ekurhuleni, believe that personal struggles, such as mental health issues and the pressure to perform well, are reasons the schools matric pass rate dropped from 68.82 in 2024 to 60.7 last year.
These results make it the schools poorest performance since 2016.
In addition to the pupils personal battles, the school has been having infrastructure problems.
