Education minister Angie Motshekga chuffed at problem-free matric exams

The basic education department has praised the successful matric examinations for 2019, despite several hiccups, Rekord East reports.

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga said it was gratifying that the 2019 exams, went fairly smoothly, with only a few, manageable incidents across examination centres.

She said a total of 790 405 candidates sat for 147 question papers in 7 416 examination centres nationwide. A further 212 learners wrote at correctional facilities.

Motshekga said the examination process progressed well until the final day, except for a few hiccups that include load-shedding experienced in parts of the country on the first day of the examination, and service-delivery protests in North West which led to the relocation of learners to other examination centres.

She said learners who were affected by load-shedding during the computer applications technology and information technology practical examination wrote on Friday, last week.

Motshekga said marking of the scripts commenced last week, in some provinces and would shift gear across 142 marking centres in the provinces 14 December.

“We are proud to be able to pull off such a big examination year after year, without major hassles that could compromise the integrity of the exam,” said Motshekga, while thanking teachers, learners and parents for making the examination success.

Motshekga said she would announce the matric results on 7 January 2020.

“Individual results will be available at schools on 8 January.”

Ministerial spokesperson Hope Mokgatlhe said the last paper, agricultural technology and design, was written on Thursday.

“As anticipated, the process went smoothly.”