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THE Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, has confirmed the province’s readiness for the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.
Chiloane was addressing the media at the BB Myataza Secondary School in Etwatwa on the state of readiness for the final exams Where learners signed the 2022 October/November NSC Examinations Pledge.
Qualifying candidates are required to sign a pledge as an indication of their commitment and willingness to comply with the NSC Examination Code of Conduct.
Chiloane said Gauteng is ready for the 2022 NSC exams.
“We can confidently say, as a department, we can say that logistically and administratively, we are ready. We have done everything possible to ensure that our pupils are ready. We know that there were challenges. This is the third cohort to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Gauteng has a total of 194 611 full-time and part-time candidates writing this year’s exams across 1 018 examination centres in the province.
He said 138 877 full-time and 55 734 part-time pupils would write the exams under heavy supervision.
“Gauteng is ready to implement 100% coverage of all examination centres,” Chiloane said.
Gauteng’s Class of 2022 is the 15th cohort to sit for NSC Exams and the 3rd cohort to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for three consecutive years.
They are also the 5th cohort to be exposed to a variety of new subjects.
Chiloane said their Secondary School Intervention Programme (SSIP) ensured that the matriculants are thoroughly supported. “Our Secondary School Intervention Programme (SSIP) ensured that our matriculants are thoroughly supported by providing extensive revision lessons for gateway subjects through Saturday programmes, holiday walk-in centres, residential camps and daily live broadcasts.”
“One of the areas of focus for the audit was whether the centres have a generator to serve as a back-up in the event of an electricity supply cut. Eskom and City Power have been informed of the critical dates on which CAT and IT practical examinations are being written to minimise power cuts on those (specified) dates.”
“Examination centres that do not have generators will procure or rent generators to avoid the disruption that may result from a power cut,” said Chiloane.
The examinations will commence in full scale on October 31 and will proceed until December 7, 2022.
The marking of scripts will start on 9th to the 22nd of December 2022 in 19 Marking Centres spread throughout the province.
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