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All eyes on matrics for 70% pass
ALL SET FOR FINAL EXAMS: Teacher Thamsanqa Malgas (standing, seventh from left) among some of Phakamisa High School Grade 12 learners who started writing their 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations on Monday. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA
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S Matrics started writing their final exams on Monday, the Eastern Cape Education MEC Mandla Makupula believes the Matric Class of 2013 will improve on the 61.7% pass rate of last year to achieve the 70% the province has targeted for this year. According to the Provincial Education spokesperson Mali Mtima the English Paper 1 Home Language, English First Additional and Second Additional Language Papers went well on Monday. “We experienced a problem in the Ngqamak-
we area where community members were involved in a service delivery protest. After negotiations with the police, who defused the situation, the protesters gave way. Examination papers were sent and exams started smoothly,” said Mtima. Eastern Cape Education MEC Mandla Makupula has assured the province of the state of readiness of almost 95 672 matrics registered for 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. Makupula believes that administratively, the province was ready for matric, a culmination of 12-years of schooling used by many as a barometer of the country’s state of health of education and by extension the way in which to gauge the peoples’ ability to join the mainstream economy.
“The Department has been engaged in many support programmes for Grade 12 learners,” said Mtima. Explaining, Mtima said there had been thorough Learner Teacher Support Material development and distribution especially in key content areas, radio lessons, motivational talks for learners, winter school, spring school, weekend and extra classes in almost all the districts of the province. Mtima was upbeat that this year’s matrics would do everything according to the letter. He said, “Since the dawn of democracy, our province has never had any learner involved in irregularity like copying or being involved in stealing of question papers. We are also hoping for a clean
report without irregularities when we issue final results. Children’s Rights advocate Petros Majola has called people of the province to “pray for our children” as “this is the most crucial moment of confirming what they have been taught throughout the 2013 academic year.” The Peddie-based Khula Community Development Project Director Majola also asked for the prayers for the Province to have improved results “in order to go a step forward from where we were in the previous years.” Majola further urged community as well as traditional leaders to protect the learners involved in study groups in the evening and camps outside of their homes. .
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