The DA on Wednesday called on Umalusi to provide more information about the matric exam copying in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. “Why did it take Umalusi auditors to ‘discover’ this fiasco?” Democratic Alliance MP Annette Lovemore asked in a statement. “Umalusi was previously very vocal about the need for[…]
Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matriculation candidates have achieved a 98.38 percent pass rate for 2014, according to results released on Wednesday. This was comparable to last year’s 98.56 percent, the IEB said in a statement. “All candidates that passed achieved a pass that is good enough to enter tertiary study[…]
The 2014 matric results for mathematics, mathematics literacy and physical science were worse than in 2013, monitoring body Umalusi said on Tuesday. Mathematics had undergone major changes in content with the inclusion of Euclidean geometry and probability, Umalusi council chairman Prof John Volmink told reporters in Pretoria. He said the[…]
Apart from incidents of copying in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, the 2014 matric exams were “fair and credible”, monitoring body Umalusi said on Tuesday. “We are satisfied that the examinations were fair and valid and credible. We commend the DBE (basic education department) for running a successful and credible examination[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is satisfied with the outcome of the marking process as well as the efforts of the professionals who assisted with the marking of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination scripts this weekend. “We are satisfied with the process of this very concentrated and critical[…]
In a bid to assess the current state of secondary education, the Wits institute of Social and Economic Research played host to a panel discussion to address the issue on Tuesday. The discussion centered on whether the final matric year could be considered a true reflection of the country’s education[…]
The publication of matric results in the countries major newspapers has become an yearly tradition in South Africa, but there has been some debate whether results should still be published in this manner come January. This comes after Basic Education minister, Angie Motshekga, early this year recommended the tradition be[…]
The Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) says they will be doing all they can to ensure that transport issues do not result in matriculants being unable to write their Senior Certificate examinations. Arson on nineteen Metro Rail carriages at Salt River’s train depot on Sunday was the cause of[…]
An asthma attack, a car accident, and community unrest caused minor problems on the first day of matric exams across the country on Monday. In the Western Cape a car accident caused pupils to arrive late for their first exam, basic education department spokesman Elijah Mhlanga said in a statement.[…]
With just a few weeks to go before the start of the Final Matric exams for grade 12 learners, VOC is making available the following exam worksheets and revision papers, as heard on our Matric Revision Programme. Students are encouraged to download and work through the papers. EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY GEOMETRY_GRADE[…]
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