Court STOPS rewrite for Leaked Matric Papers
In a blow to Umalusi and the Department of Basic Education's plan to rewrite the leaked exams, the courts have this afternoon ruled that the rewrite decision was irregular and unlawful and should be reviewed and set aside.
This after matric students lost over 70 school days this year, because of the covid pandemic.
Hundreds of thousands of Matrics feeling relieved!
There are a huge number of Matrics who would have had to rewrite these two exam papers. For the Mathematics paper it is around 391 000 students. And for the Physical Science paper it is around 282 000 students.
What the Prof says
In an article on the Despatch LIVE website, Professor Jonathan Jansen says calls the leaking of the two papers "devastating". "It has damaged the credibility of the NSC examination itself."
"The leak is nothing short of a catastrophe..."
Online Learning
Online learning was not the answer. The majority of the over million students who wrote matric does not have the four key ingredients for online study, being:
- Electricity
- A proper device to study on (smart phone or tablet or computer)
- Internet access
- Data (or the money to afford buying data)