Sentence examples for matric from inspiring English sources
The word 'matric' is correct and can be used in written English
'Matric' most often refers to the 'Matriculation' exam, which is the final exam taken by high school students for graduation. It can also refer to an academic degree or qualification that someone has earned. Example sentence: She passed her matric exam with flying colours.
noun
The final year of high school.
Half of all pupils drop out before taking their final "matric" exams.
Only 60% pass the matric, the high-school graduation certificate.
More than 90% of private-school pupils can expect to get their matric, compared with just 30% of state-school pupils.
Barely a third of black pupils pass their matric, whereas almost all whites do.
Only four in ten pupils that start school stick it out to pass the matric, the school-leavers' exam, though the pass mark is as low as 30%, says the CDE.
Of the one in four who took matric maths in 2008, only 39% passed (despite a lowly passmark of just 30%), compared with 98% of whites; 28% of whites achieved a score of at least 80%, compared with just 2% of blacks.Not surprisingly, the same story is repeated at tertiary level.
Last year it achieved an 80% pass rate, and half of its matric candidates qualified for university.Among them was Albert Dove, a black student living with his unemployed, disabled father and poor enough to qualify for free school lunches.
Even among those with matric, only 17% are likely to get a job within a year of leaving school, according to Adcorp, a recruitment agency.
Schools such as Gnana Deepam Matric School, meanwhile, only survive thanks to charitable donations from overseas.
When Gnana Deepam Matric School was set up 25 years ago, there was no other English-language option in the area.
Sending a child to Gnana Deepam Matric School in rural Tamil Nadu, India, costs around 5,000 rupees ($80 or £54) per year.
