The Minister addressed the public on Sunday on the state of the department's readiness as matric students start sitting for their final exams on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says load shedding won’t disrupt this year’s exams.
She says when it comes to subjects like ICT which require reliable electricity, the department will "work around" the challenge: The Basic Education Department also said it is confident that it offered enough support to prepare students for matric exams.The department noted that Eastern Cape pupils were falling behind this year's 2022 matric class. The province had the second most improved matric results last year.
“Learning and teaching support materials in the form of soft and hard copies of the Mind the Gap study guides [were used] and mock exams were written in June to prepare,” he said.“The Eastern Cape province for example targeted technical mathematics and isiXhosa home languages,” he said.