The 2023 NSC results were approved by the Quality Assurance Council, Umalusi. This approval was preceded by a rigorous process of verification of all examination-related processes. No serious compromises, were recorded in the October/November 2023 NSC Examinations administered by the DBE. The NSC examination of 2023 can therefore be deemed as credible by the higher education institutions, employers, the international community, and the South African public as a whole.

The national pass rate for the Class of 2023 is 82.9% which is an increase of 2.8% from the 80.1% in 2022.