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Matric pass rate expected to be lower By Okuhle Hlati Share WHILE this years matric pass rate for state schools is expected to decline from the 81.3% recorded in 2019, teacher unions and education experts predict there will not be a drastic drop in the quality of pass rate. Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to release the 2020 National Senior Certificate exam results today, and district results will be announced tomorrow. The Independent Examinations Board...

Umalusi approves matric results but continues investigation into two leaked papers By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town – The quality assurance examination board, Umalusi, has approved the release of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results, with the council revealing it found no irregularities that could have compromised the credibility of the exams. Umalusi Council chairperson John Volmink told the media at a briefing on Monday, that the results of matrics implicated in g...

File image NATIONAL NEWS - After a strenuous academic year, Umalusi, the Quality Council in General and Further Education and Training, has approved the release of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results. Over the past three weeks, members of the Umalusi Assessment Standards Committee and Umalusi staff hade successfully conducted the quality assurance of the management and administration of exit point examinations. These includes the Independent Ex...

Umalusi may nullify the certificates of candidates found guilty of having benefited from the leaking of the two matric exam papers, even after receiving their results. 



GCIS One of the exams had leaked from one of the governments printers. A probe by a task team found given the fact the spread of the leakages were via WhatsApp, their full extent could not be uncovered.  The investigating team found there was no widespread leak and candidates scripts and the integrity of the combined exams were not compromised.  A report conducted by the Department of Basic Educations National Investigations Task Team has concluded there was no widespread leaking of the Natio...

Pupils embroiled in exam cheating wait for results until investigations conclude The Department said it was preparing a report on irregularities in the 2020 National Senior Certification exams, which would be presented to quality assurance body Umalusi next month. Picture: Supplied 65 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The Basic Education Department on Wednesday said that the results of matric pupils implicated in exam...

Government Printing Works lashed for being source of matric exam leak By Samkelo Mtshali Share Cape Town – The DA has slammed the Government Printing Works (GPW) for being the source of the leaked National Senior Certification examinations Physical Sciences Paper 2 last month. This after Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga confirmed that the Physical Sciences Paper 2 leak originated from GPW. DA MP Angel Khanyile her party was not surprised by Motshekga’s confirmation. “The GPW provi...

South Africa: Matric exams marking to get underway on 4 January Marking of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams will get underway on 4 January 2021. The nationwide exams concluded on 15 December 2020. “Marking will commence in earnest on 4 January 2021.  On 12 February 2021, the DBE will present an irregularities report to UmaIusi, and thereafter wait for the quality assurance agency to make an announcement on the integrity, credibility and fairness of the 2020 NSC examinations,�...

Loading Thursday, 17 December 2020, 13:58 File image NATIONAL NEWS - Marking of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams will get underway on 4 January 2021. The nationwide exams concluded on 15 December 2020. “Marking will commence in earnest on 4 January 2021.  On 12 February 2021, the DBE will present an irregularities report to UmaIusi, and thereafter wait for the quality assurance agency to make an announcement on the integrity, credibility and fairness...

Motshekga ‘jumped the gun’ on matric rewrites, court hears Updated Jacaranda FM News Share this: Grade 12 pupils are set to learn on Friday whether the two National Senior Certificate (NSC) question papers which were leaked will have to be rewritten. GCIS Lobby group AfriForum argued in the High Court in Pretoria that the government relied on hearsay evidence to conclude that the two leaked exam papers should be re-written.   Judgment has been reserved until Friday after the lobby gro...