A report by Hugh Amoore, the chair of the National Investigations Task Team said the evidence available to them showed that the leak was minimal and had not compromised the two subjects or examinations.
Umalusi says the investigations into the leaking of two matric exam papers is not complete, leaving room for the DBE to block the results of pupils involved in the incidents.
After a failed attempt to have the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) candidates rewrite two leaked papers, maths and physical sciences, the National Investigations Task Team (Nitt), operating under the auspices of the National Examinations Irregularities Committee (NEIC), found that the full extent of the leaks can’t be determined.
“Given the fact that the spread of the questions papers was done via WhatsApp, it is a fact that the full extent of the leaks may never be revealed,” said Hugh Amoore, chair of Nitt.
“But, based on the available evidence we have at the moment from the investigative marking, interviews and statistical analysis, widespread leaks did not occur.”
While the true extent of the 2020 matric examination leaks might never be known, officials investigating these irregularities are emphatic that the exams have not been compromised.