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AFRIFORUM

Learners take Motshekga to court over matric rewrite

This is after the minister announced on Friday that there would be a rewrite of the two subjects that have been leaked to protect the integrity of the exams

  • Bongekile Macupe
8 min read
The results of learners implicated in the leak of the two papers in the 2020 matric examination and the results of those learners involved in “group copying” will be blocked while investigations continue.
MATRIC PASS RATE

Pass rate says little about schooling

The metric is poorly understood and is an inadequate standard by which to rate our education system

  • Martin Gustafsson
  • Martin Gustafsson Guest Author
7 min read
Misstep: Although matric pupils who did not get the results they wanted can write supplementary exams, there is concern that pupils will be lost to the system after the dates for the exams were changed from March to June. Photo: Madelene Cronjé
MATRIC EXAM RESULTS

Delayed supp exams raise red flag

Educators say the state’s Second Chance programme doesn’t provide enough support to pupils who failed matric

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read