According to the Minister of Basic Education the 2024 NSC exams will go ahead as planned despite the extreme weather warnings for the country in the week ahead.
Department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga told IOL in a writtten statement that they were part of the disaster management forum, where planning takes place for managing weather related emergencies that may occur.
There will be 727,121 full-time candidates and 155,215 part-time candidates who will be sitting for this exam. That means that a total of 882, 336 candidates across South Africa will sit for the 2024 matric exams., I have yet to learn of any other logistical project of this magnitude because we are rolling this out across all nine provinces in various communities,” she said.
It is because of this that government has instituted several mitigation measures to address these gaps., additional teaching support, and social and emotional care across all provinces, Gwarube said. “The South African sign language adaptations have been made to ensure that learners have all the resources and support they need to succeed,” Gwarube said.On the exam papers, the minister said that the setting, printing and distribution of question papers has been completed with a total of 162 quality-assured papers approved.
“We have completed audits of all storage facilities across the country to ensure that they meet the required standards for security and handling of examination materials,” Gwarube said.
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