Nationwide, 45 000 matric exam markers will mark 14 million scripts in 181 marking centres across the country. (Papi Morake, Gallo Images)
DBE says it is happy to announce that over 90% of marking centres have completed their work and the rest are expected to on Friday.
The department says 315 markers tested Covid-19 positive across the centres.
It says while the system was tested, it believes all challenges were overcome.
The marking of 2020 combined National Senior Certificate and Senior Certificate examinations has been completed by most provinces, ahead of schedule, according to the Basic Education Department.
The department held a technical briefing on the marking process in Pretoria on Wednesday.
News24 Wire Marking across provinces started on 4 January and the completion date was set to Friday, 22 January. This year s matric class could find it hard going, having missed out on much of Grade 11. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
The department held a technical briefing on the marking process in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Free State, North West, Western Cape, and the centralised marking centres were the only sites to finish and expected to wrap up by Friday, 22 January.
“Over 90% of our marking centres have completely closed,” the department’s director-general Mathanzima Mweli said during the briefing.
The department said 9.5 million scripts were marked in 177 centres by 45 000 markers.