Basic Education Dept confident matric marking will be completed on time The matric marking process rolls into the second week today, where more than 45,000 assessors have been hard at work at 177 centres nationwide. Teachers at the Grey College in Bloemfontein on 8 January 2021. The school is one of the matric exam marking centres in the Free State. Picture: @HubertMweli/Twitter. 96 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The Basic Education Department on Monday said it was confident the 2020 matric marking process would be completed on time. The matric marking process rolls into the second week today, where more than 45,000 assessors have been hard at work at 177 centres nationwide.