Exams rewrite ruling: Unions âvindicatedâ, some students hoped to improve marks
By Manyane Manyane
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The judgement by Judge Norman Davis has saved thousands of learners from a grave injustice that âwould live with learners for the rest of their lives.â
This is according to the South African Democratic Teachersâ Union (Sadtu) following the decision by the Pretoria High Court to set aside the rewriting of two matric exams.
On Friday, Judge Davis ruled that the decision by the Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga for matrics to rewrite two leaked exam papers was irregular, unlawful, must be reviewed and set aside.
News24 Wire Meanwhile, the DA called on the Department of Basic Education to respect the court s decision to avoid further delays and disruptions to the 2020 academic year. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS
“Sanity prevailed” in the court judgment that set aside the requirement that matrics should rewrite the Mathematics II and Physical Science II exam papers, after the discovery that they had been leaked, Naptosa said.
According to Naptosa, the decision to make everybody rewrite those subjects was an overreaction. It commended the court for its “sober consideration of the facts”.
However, the union hoped there wouldn’t be a rush to appeal.
They also hope that there won t be a rush to appeal the judgment.
But the education department is studying the judgment.
Matric pupils have been saved from a grave injustice , said the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) and the National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA (Naptosa) following a judgment that matrics do not have to rewrite two leaked final papers. Sanity prevailed in the court judgment that set aside the requirement that matrics should rewrite the Mathematics II and Physical Science II exam papers, after the discovery that they had been leaked, Naptosa said.
According to Naptosa, the decision to make everybody rewrite those subjects was an overreaction. It commended the court for its sober consideration of the facts .