Today marks the final day of the new National Senior Certificate exams and many grade 12 learners around the country finished off a difficult month with the Maths Paper 3 test.
The paper was optional and the result will not reflect on the learners’ matric certificates
Judith Croswell, the head of mathematics at Norman Henshilwood High in Cape Town, told the Teacher that there was some confusion surrounding the paper.
“There was quite a big problem when we received the examination papers and realised the diagram sheet was not attached,” she said.
“After some scrambling, the department managed to fax the sheet through to the school, but the learners were already behind by about 45 minutes.”
Apart from that, Croswell felt that the paper was ‘alright’.
She said:”There were some tricky questions in the stats and geometry sections, but overall I think the learners would have been ok.”