PREMIUM! Motheo Tshwagong writes her preliminary examination at Krugersdorp High School in Johannesburg, 17 September 2020. 2020 academic year with long school breaks posed by Covid-19. Exams for most provinces will end during the first week of October. Final examinations start on November 5 and run until December 15. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
Basic department of education spokesman Elijah Mhlanga yesterday confirmed the department would likely allow pupils to go to schools in alternative weeks and on alternative days to reduce the numbers present. âWhat Mweli Mathanzi, director-general of the department, was talking about on Radio 702 is the continuation of the plan implemented in June 2020,â said Mhlanga. âThe splitting of classes will depend on the number of pupils in a classroom; we cannot have a one size fits all approach in this situation. A school needs to look at its circumstance and plan accord
Government printing works was source of second matric exam leak
By Karen Singh
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Durban - THE Department of Basic Education yesterday confirmed that the Physics paper 2 matric exam leak originated from the government printing works.
The Director-General of Basic Education, Mathanzima Mweli, was speaking at a briefing in Pretoria yesterday that was also attended by Minister Angie Motshekga and Deputy Minister Reginah Mhaule, on the state of readiness for the 2021 school year.
The latest revelation comes after the arrest of Themba Daniel Shikwabana, 31, who worked at a Johannesburg-based printing company contracted by the department, for the leaked Maths paper 2 earlier this month.
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JOHANNESBURG - Unions say they ll appeal a Labour Court ruling that government doesn t have to pay salary increases.
The court ruled that government is not compelled to stick to the last leg of the agreement.
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News24 Wire Meanwhile, the DA called on the Department of Basic Education to respect the court s decision to avoid further delays and disruptions to the 2020 academic year. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS
“Sanity prevailed” in the court judgment that set aside the requirement that matrics should rewrite the Mathematics II and Physical Science II exam papers, after the discovery that they had been leaked, Naptosa said.
According to Naptosa, the decision to make everybody rewrite those subjects was an overreaction. It commended the court for its “sober consideration of the facts”.
However, the union hoped there wouldn’t be a rush to appeal.
They also hope that there won t be a rush to appeal the judgment.
But the education department is studying the judgment.
Matric pupils have been saved from a grave injustice , said the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) and the National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA (Naptosa) following a judgment that matrics do not have to rewrite two leaked final papers. Sanity prevailed in the court judgment that set aside the requirement that matrics should rewrite the Mathematics II and Physical Science II exam papers, after the discovery that they had been leaked, Naptosa said.
According to Naptosa, the decision to make everybody rewrite those subjects was an overreaction. It commended the court for its sober consideration of the facts .