NYAKALLO TEFU
THE South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), and the Congress of the South African Students (COSAS), are heading to court to challenge the decision by the Department of Basic Education to force matriculants to rewrite their leaked exams.
COSAS spokesperson Douglas Ngobeni said the student organization was currently working with Sadtu to challenge the decision to rewrite exams.
“We are getting our papers ready together with SADTU to take DBE to court. There were delays on Monday because we needed learners to give us memorandums to hand over to the court. It is an urgent application and should be heard by tomorrow (Tuesday),” said Ngobeni.
“The Department of Basic Education must take responsibility and see how they deal with the mess. Learners who sat and wrote the papers had concluded that they were finished and some have travelled back home, and now they must come back to write
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