The Eastern Cape education department has confirmed the suspension of a principal who allegedly instructed seven pupils to sit out the matric exams as they were “unfit to write” and would ruin the good pass mark of their school. The…
Matric exams will proceed as planned, basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced last week. “We are left with 18 days [as of Friday, October 8] before our full-time and part-time candidates for the 2021 National Senior Certificate…
It’s official: the national senior certificate exams for matric pupils will start on November 1 and end on December 7. The exam papers scheduled to be written on November 1 include English home language‚ first additional language and…
The department of basic education (DBE) has said that it is satisfied with the ongoing marking of the 2020 matric exams so far. All provinces had started marking the scripts by January 6 and as of January 7, 96% of the 46,192 markers had…
The two leaked matric exam papers must not be rewritten, the Pretoria high court ruled on Friday. Judge Norman Davis has set aside the basic education department’s decision to have the two leaked matric papers rewritten. This comes after…
The department of basic education (DBE) released a circular outlining the revised protocols that schools must follow during the upcoming matric examinations. “The department, in conjunction with the department of health (DoH), agreed on…
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) is tired of loud noise disturbing matrics trying to study and has called on tavern owners to keep the volume down.Matrics are studying hard and sitting for their final exams‚ which…
Matrics in five provinces tested positive for Covid-19 on the first day of their final exams. This is according to the basic education department‚ which said on Thursday that there were no major issues reported as matric pupils sat down…
A “loss of additional power” at Medupi stemming from coal and ash issues has led to the imposition of forced power cuts at stage 2 for most of Friday, instead of the hoped-for stage 1. In order to accommodate matric exams, the outage will…
