Matric pupils are citing Eskom's enforced power outages as another hurdle to face, in addition to modified learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Image:Matric pupils are citing Eskom’s enforced power outages as another hurdle to face, in addition to modified learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. visited on the first day of the National Senior Certificate examinations, matriculant Zandi Mothipi said the English paper went smoothly.
“It’s affecting us, I am using candles to study. It’s even worse because I come from a poor background, staying in a shack. When there is load-shedding it’s a problem,” she told TimesLIVE. “Our age group can’t do things without using the internet, so we rely on the internet to study. When there is load-shedding there is no network coverage, no internet,” he said.
She felt the first paper was fair and is positive that she put in the time to perform well in the exams. “We used to come Monday to Sunday at school,” she said, adding that the additional study time has helped her to prepare.
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