By Levy Masiteng
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has said that a total of 195 899 learners – 179 751 full-time and 16 148 part-time candidates – will sit for their final exams at various examination centres throughout the province.
The number is a 3% increase on the 190,452 candidates who wrote exams in 2024.
According to KZN Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka, the province is also “fully prepared” to start the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.
“Our provincial vision remains clear: every learner who sits for the final examination must pass. We know that external factors sometimes make a 100% pass rate difficult, but we are determined not to fall below 95%,” he added.
The department said it has prioritised exam integrity and credibility by conducting advocacy and training sessions for chief invigilators and invigilators, and that additional monitors had also been employed to safeguard the exam process.
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