The Department of Basic Education is investigating a maths question worth seven marks that matric candidates faced in their final exams on Monday. | Mizzyb1
Pupils who wrote Maths Paper 2 on Monday complained that one of the questions was impossible to solve.Department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said that if an error is established, markers will be told to ignore the question.
Once a paper has been written, Mhlanga explained, there is an informal memo discussion comprising pupils and subject teachers to see how the former fared in the exam. "If an error has been declared, we will tell markers to ignore Question 5 so that everyone is covered and there is fairness. Explaining what he meant, he said some pupils complained that they wasted time looking for the answer. Others ended up frustrated and stressed.
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