南非2026年高考开考 持续至11月26日 拉马福萨寄语考生：证书是通向未来的护照
2026年10月13日周二，南非2026年国家高级证书（NSC，即高考/Matric）考试正式开考，将持续至11月26日。据南非政府新闻社（SAnews）10月13日报道，总统府副部长姆拉乌利（Nonceba Mhlauli）表示，相信今年考生能超越2025届的表现，期待通过率进入九成区间；2025年全国通过率为88%，为今年定下基准。
考试前的10月9日，全国举行了考生宣誓签字仪式，考生承诺在考试期间诚实、守纪与自律。总统拉马福萨在自由州州夸夸（Qwaqwa）的省级仪式上对考生说，绝不能让一时糊涂毁掉多年努力与牺牲，并警告不要接触被盗试卷：涉案者可能拿不到证书、甚至被捕。他说：「相信你们自己，因为我们相信你们。」基础教育部长格瓦鲁贝（Siviwe Gwarube）在西开普的费泽卡中学仪式上同样敦促考生以诚信、纪律与追求卓越的态度应考，称没有成功的捷径。
自由州的数据提供了规模一瞥：该省有48,141名考生（全日制39,352人、非全日制8,789人）在409个考点应考。自由州曾于2022至2024年连续三年录得全国最高通过率，2025年被夸祖鲁-纳塔尔终结，拉马福萨鼓励该省夺回第一。
高考是南非年轻人进入大学与就业市场的关键门槛，其成绩每年1月公布，是全国性的家庭与社会事件。对在南非的华人家庭而言，中文学校与本地学校的考生同样迎来这一节点；据自由州教育厅的安排，计算机应用技术与信息技术试卷一的补考定于11月26日上午9时举行。
South Africa's 2026 Matric Exams Begin, Running to November 26; Ramaphosa Calls the Certificate a Passport to the Future
South Africa's 2026 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, the matric exams, began on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and will run until November 26. SAnews reported that Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli expressed confidence this year's class will surpass the Class of 2025, looking toward a pass rate in the 90s; the 2025 examinations recorded a national pass rate of 88 percent, setting the benchmark.
Ahead of the exams, nationwide pledge-signing ceremonies were held on Friday, October 9, at which candidates committed to honesty, discipline and integrity. President Cyril Ramaphosa told Free State matriculants at the provincial ceremony in Qwaqwa not to let a momentary lapse jeopardise years of hard work, warning them to reject stolen question papers: those implicated could be barred from the qualification and even arrested. 'Believe in yourselves, for we believe in you,' he said. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube, at Fezeka Secondary School in the Western Cape, likewise urged integrity and discipline, saying there are no shortcuts to success.
The Free State figures illustrate the scale: 48,141 candidates (39,352 full-time and 8,789 part-time) writing at 409 examination centres in that province alone. The Free State held the country's highest pass rate for three consecutive years from 2022 to 2024 before KwaZulu-Natal ended the streak in 2025, and Ramaphosa encouraged it to reclaim the top spot.
The matric is the gateway to university and the job market for South African youth, with results each January a national family event. For Chinese families in South Africa, learners at Chinese schools and local schools alike reached this milestone in the same week; the Free State education department scheduled rewrites of the Computer Applications Technology and Information Technology Paper 1 examinations for November 26 at 09:00.
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