Matric exams
Despite power cuts, COVID, Motshekga optimistic 2021 matric class will prevail
The 2021 National Senior Certificate exams began on Wednesday, with learners sitting for their English Paper One.
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DBE: No incidents reported at exam venues on day 1
The class of 2021 began their national senior certificate exams on Wednesday morning with English paper one.
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Minister Motshekga wishes matric class of 2021 well for final exams
More than half a million pupils are sitting for English Paper One across the country on Wednesday.
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'Anxious but positive': Matrics of 2021 set for final exams after difficult year
The class of 2021 is the second group of grade 12s that will sit for their finals during the pandemic and officials have promised tighter controls after two exam papers were leaked last year.
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DBE urges Eskom to minimise load shedding as matrics write final exams
More than 500,000 grade 12 pupils will write their final English paper one on Wednesday morning with stage 2 load shedding under way.
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Basic Education Dept not expecting matric exam crisis after power cuts extended
More than half a million matrics across the country will be sitting to write the English Paper One on Wednesday and there were worries that the power cuts would delay their travel plans to exam halls.
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WC matriculants to kick off finals exams with English papers
In the Western Cape, nearly 74,073 pupils will write the National Senior Certificate exams.
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73,966 WC matrics gearing up for final exams
The Western Cape Education Department said that the first exams to be written would be the English Home Language, English First Additional Language and English Second Additional Language papers.
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Umalusi ready for matric exams, wants more regulation of online schools
Umalusi's CEO Mafu Rakometsi said that the Basic Education Department and Umalusi still had to finalise policy and legislation to make sure that this space was regulated.
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Motshekga: We’re ready to present credible final matric exams
Over 700,000 matriculants around the country are expected to write the national senior certificate exams, which are scheduled to begin on 27 October.
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WCED backs Basic Education Dept's move to adjust matric exam timetable
The Basic Education Department has today announced matric exams will start a few days earlier to accommodate the local government elections on 1 November.
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Teacher unions welcome change in matric exams timetable due to elections
Grade 12 pupils will now start their finals on 27 October and not 1 November as initially planned.
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Start date for matric exams pushed forward to accommodate elections
Finals were supposed to start on 1 November, the same day the nation goes to the polls. But the Department of Basic Education has released a circular on Wednesday morning saying they would now start on 27 October instead.
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KZN's Zikalala plays down shutdown claims; police on alert
During a briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic in the province, Kwazulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said that talk of a potential disruption to services and business operations was just a baseless distraction.
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DBE expecting high number of candidates to register for matric rewrite
It said an extraordinary number of people stayed away from the exams last year due to fears of contracting the virus.
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Registration for matric exam rewrites closing this week, says dept
These exams are open to those pupils who did not pass matric in 2020 and those who are not satisfied with their results.
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Basic Educations Dept calls for suggestions to prevent future matric exam leaks
It’s calling for interventions after the Mathematics and Physical Science papers were leaked last year.
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Case of man accused of leaking Maths Paper 2 postponed to March
Daniel Shikwambana, who is currently out on R1,000 bail, made a brief appearance in the Hillbrow Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
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MPs want private and public school exams, calendars to merge
They made the call during a joint meeting of the National Assembly Basic Education portfolio committee and the NCOP select committee on Wednesday night.
