WENDY MOTHATA
THE Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department is confident in its readiness to conduct the National Senior Certificate (NSC) final examinations, which will officially start on Monday.
Motshekga was addressing a media briefing in Pretoria on Sunday.
She says that it has been a challenging year for the matric class of 2022, notwithstanding COVID19-pandemic and the intermittent power cuts by Eskom.
“DBE can confidently say that it is fully prepared to administer the November 2022 examinations based on the principles of fairness, reliability, validity and integrity,” said Motshekga.
“This year was challenging at first we saw the return to normalcy following two tumultuous years in which we battled COVID-19. For the first time since 2020, our learners went back to school without having to wear masks or observe social distancing.”
The minister said last year the department prepared for a return to full-time daily time-tabling as
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