The Department of Basic Education has decided to exclude the infamous Question 5.1 from matric Mathematics Paper 2 marking, after pupils reported that it was impossible to solve.
The Department of Basic Education will exclude 'faulty' Question 5.1 from the matric Mathematics Paper 2 when marking.This comes after the question was found to be 'faulty'.The Department of Basic Education has decided to exclude the infamous Question 5.
Among those who missed examinations are candidates who experienced technical glitches while writing Computer Applications Technology Paper 1, and Information Technology Paper 1 due to load shedding. Among the pupils who will rewrite their exams are 1 127 candidates from seven schools in Witbank, Mpumalanga who were affected by community protests.Join the 1 million News24 readers who are signed up to receive the top, must-read stories of the day in their inbox. Join them and get premium news, every weekday at 6 am.
Marking will start on Saturday, 10 December, and run until Thursday, 22 December. The scripts are in storage and will be moved to marking centres this week, according to Mhlanga.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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