Mhlanga said the re-write was to protect the credibility of the national senior certificate.
“Remember, we do not certify our results; Umalusi (examinations quality assurer) does that. If we do not proceed now with the exam, then in January Umalusi says they are not going to sign off the results because they were tainted and then the children would have to re-write them next year.”
The department came to the decision following preliminary report findings that the viral spread of information on the cyber networks made it impossible to accurately identify the number of learners that had access to the leaked question papers.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
NATIONAL NEWS - Despite legal challenges by civil organisations and teacher unions at the Gauteng North High Court in Pretoria, the Department of Education said it was going forward with its matric re-write next week.
On Wednesday, the court postponed urgent legal application contesting the department’s decision by civil rights organisation AfriForum and the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) to be heard simultaneously on Thursday morning.
Speaking to the Rekord on Wednesday, the department’s spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said it was continuing with preparations to have pupils re-write physical science and mathematics papers that were leaked last month.
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