Staff Reporter.
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The Department of Basic Education (DBE) announced that there will be no rewrite of the leaked Maths Paper 2 and Physical Science Paper 2 matric exams.
The rewrites were scheduled for 15 and 17 December respectively.
The High Court in Pretoria on Friday set aside a decision to have Grade 12’s rewrite the second papers for Maths and Physical Science.
This comes after it was discovered that the papers had been leaked.
In a statement, the Council of Education said it agreed that the matric class of 2020 had been confronted by many challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and it would be unfair to subject them to further uncertainties.
The council, however, said that it was concerned that the court ruling did not address the credibility, fairness and integrity of the matric exams, due to the leaked papers.
DBE spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said: “The rewrite of Maths Paper 2 and Physics Paper 2, which were scheduled for 15 and 17 December respectively, is not going ahead as initially announced by the Department of Basic Education. The Council of Education Ministers has noted the judgement of the Gauteng North High Court, which was handed down on Friday afternoon. CEM Has noted that a number of aspects in the judgment need to be challenged and that in the near future it will be approaching the courts to correct some of those identified aspects of the ruling.”
Media Statement following the judgement of the North Gauteng Court on the rewrite of Mathematics P2 and Physical Sciences P2 pic.twitter.com/vBj2MeiDU9
— Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) December 12, 2020
Earlier on Saturday, the South African Democratic Teacher’s Union (Sadtu) said quality assurance body, Umalusi, must abide by the ruling of the High Court in Pretoria and declare the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations credible.
The department said it would now focus on the next phase in the administration of the exams, including final preparations for the full-scale marking.