An incorrect exam timetable distributed in a publication to Western Cape matric pupils is not official, the provincial education department said on Tuesday. “The department issued a circular to schools with the final amended timetable on May 21 2015. The Department of Basic Education could still amend the timetable further,”[…]
An official matric exam timetable for Western Cape pupils mistakenly excludes certain scheduled exams, according to documents seen by News24. The timetable has already been distributed to matriculants across the province, but fails to include the scheduled exams of key subjects such as Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy. The provincial education department[…]
Learners in Manenberg put their time to good use on Thursday as the Step Aboard Programme provided high school pupils with extra classes in Maths and Science. The programme, founded by Pastor Sam Henkerman is focussed on preparing grade 8, 9 and 10 pupils in life skills and academics for[…]
The national Department of Basic Education (DBE) is currently undertaking an investigation into allegations of group cheating at several exams centers in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) and the Eastern Cape. This comes after both the DBE and monitoring body, Umalusi discovered ‘irregularities’ in the writing of the 2014 National Senior Certificate (NSC)[…]
VOC received a call from a concerned listener regarding a FET College 2014 exam results after an entire classroom of students failed with the same percentage. Throughout the year, a mother told VOC, her son had always been a successful student however, at the end of the final matric year[…]
Matriculants found to have cheated could be banned from writing matric for the next three years, the education department said in Durban on Monday. In addition officials found to be complicit in suspected mass cheating in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape could face criminal charges, basic education department spokesman Elijah[…]
Post-matric students should consider alternatives other than university, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Monday. “The future of our youth does not only lie in going to university, or in going to university the first time you finish matric,” he told reporters in Pretoria. “You can still access meaningful[…]
Hearings into incidents of mass cheating during the matric examination will begin in Durban on Monday, the Department of Education said. “The [investigative] team will conduct hearings, starting with chief invigilators and invigilators, and then the affected matriculants will also appear before the committee to tell their side of the[…]
The Leadership College (TLC) has made waves in the Mitchells Plain and Manenberg communities by achieving the highest distinction pass rate for the 2014 Matric class, across the Cape Flats. The Independent School has remained true to its long-standing reputation of good quality teaching and an overall high standard of[…]
Prospects are not looking too great for recent matric graduates seeking to enter the job market, especially in light of a worsening economic situation in the country. With several union strikes, price hikes, and an ongoing electricity crisis at South Africa’s sole energy provider, Eskom, job opportunities have become few[…]
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