Lerato Mbhiza
Umalusi, the council that sets and monitors standards for general and further education in South Africa has given the clear for the more than 920 000 learners to write their Matric Exams this year.
The class of 2023 will begin writing the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams on Monday, 30 October and in a briefing last week Umalusi said the candidates would write at almost 6 340 public schools and more than 550 private centres.
Umalusi CEO Dr MS Rakometsi said measures have been put in place to mitigate the impact of load shedding during the exams and said Umalusi was satisfied with arrangements the Department of Basic Education had made to procure generators and engage with Eskom.
While the quality assurer was satisfied with the state of readiness, however, Rakometsi said he was concerned that exams could be negatively affected by various factors, including load shedding, cheating
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