The department of basic education will present a report on irregularities to Umalusi, the quality assurance body, in February to make a ruling on the integrity, credibility and fairness of this year’s National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.
This follows the leak of the maths paper 2 and physical science paper 2 matric exam papers from government printers.
Briefing the media in Pretoria on Thursday morning, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the department would continue with the marking and standardisation processes while the its legal team explored avenues to address some of the errors “we have picked in the court judgment delivered last week to set aside the rewriting of the two papers”.
DBE still concerned about credibility of matric exams due to leaked papers Organisations including AfriForum and the South African Democratic Teachers Union took the department to court to challenge the decision to stage a national re-write of the two papers. Minister Mrs. Angie Motshekga and MEC Panyaza Lesufi are monitoring the start of Matric Exams at Sekano-Ntoane High School on Soweto. Picture: @DBE SA/Twitter
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JOHANNESBURG - Matrics won t have to stress about rewriting their Maths and Science papers but there are still concerns about the quality of the final results of the 2020 national senior exams.
Organisations including AfriForum and the South African Democratic Teachers Union took the department to court to challenge the decision to stage a national rewrite of the two papers.
The cost of Covid to the classroom
December 14, 2020NEWS
Ashley Westaway looks at the impact on school learning that Covid has had in Makhanda and what can we expect out of our Lockdown learners when the 2020 National Senior Certificate matric exam results are released next year.
Lockdown and the associated closure of schools have had a negative impact on public education in South Africa. The protracted school closure has exacerbated inequalities across public schools and it has also widened inequalities amongst learners within schools.
This analysis and forecast uses current assessment data from the no-fee sector to comment about the differentiated impact of lockdown on the learners of Makhanda. Commentary on the matrics will be elaborated, to give local residents a sense of what to expect when the NSC results are eventually released, on 22 February 2021.
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How to apply for a student loan
By Zodidi Dano
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Stressing about your matric final exams is one thing, but stressing about how you will be able to finance your tertiary education is a daunting task.
THE National Senior Certificate examinations are coming to a head with just one more week to go. With that being said, matric results for the Class of 2020 will only be released on February 23. Universities and other higher education institutions have already indicated that they would be issuing acceptance letters a week after the results are released.
But what can you do in the meantime? Do you wait until you are accepted at the university of your choice before you think about finance or do you start doing your research?