Mpumalanga appoints monitors to watch cheating matrics
Council assures law enforcement agencies would be on high alert during Grade 12 examinations.
HIGHVELD – The Mpumalanga government has appointed full-time monitors to deal with schools that have a history of incidents of irregularities during the Grade 12 examinations.
More than 65 000 pupils will be writing their examination at 546 examination centres between next month and November.
The Mpumalanga Executive Council said opportunistic activities to disrupt external and internal examinations will not be tolerated this time around.
“The executive council was assured that law enforcement agencies would be on high alert to swiftly and decisively deal with any effort to undermine this important life defining right to our youth.
“The on-site final candidate verification was done with school principals before the winter school recess,” said Mr Zibonele Mncwango, spokesman for the Mpumalanga Premier, Mr David Mabuza.
He added that the council also approved the Mpumalanga Provincial Mathematics Strategy that seeks to increase the participation rates in mathematics from Grade 10 to 12.
The strategy will include recruiting well-performing Grade 12 pupils and award them bursaries to study to become mathematics teachers.
“The council requests the public and teachers in particular to refrain from discouraging pupils from taking mathematics and science.
“Choosing an easy way out of school compromises the quality of the final Grade 12 pass rate and limits career opportunities for the youth,” said Mr Mncwango.
Marking of examination would begin on 1 December and the results would be announced on 5 January and will be released the next day.
