A group of parents of online and homeschooled learners in South Africa are planning to sue the South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute (SACAI) over alleged irregularities with the 2023 and 2024 matric exam results. Parents claim that their children's final marks do not accurately reflect their performance throughout the school year, causing distress and affecting university applications. SACAI maintains that the final results are based on a formula that averages yearly marks with the final exam marks, emphasizing the importance of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams.
Last year they alleged that SACAI had incorrectly assigned final results to their matric children.A group of parents of online schooled and homeschooled learners who alleged “irregularities” with the 2023 and 2024 Matric exam results marked by the South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute are set to move forward with litigation against the institute.
Last year, parents told Hypertext that the marks their children received from SACAI were allegedly “erratic” and that their children’s mental health was negatively affected by the results.occurred this year, with parents again angry that many learners had received final marks much lower than their averages across the year.
In response to multitudes of queries from parents, SACAI continues to say that 2023 and 2024 matric exams for online schools such as UCT Online School and homeschools were conducted and marked as planned.
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