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THE North West Department of Education has confirmed that preparatory examinations which started on Monday August 29 2022 are going well, with no incidents reported.
The province has registered 43 485 candidates to sit for preliminaries, including part-time candidates.
So far, seven papers have been written, with the eighth paper being Computer Applications Technology written on Friday afternoon.
The department Spokesperson Elias Malindi said that the department has since prepared learners throughout the year with some subjects complete and others are already on revision program.
“Since the beginning of the academic year, we have assisted our learners with additional supplementary Saturday tutoring for Maths, Physical Science, Life Science, Geography, and Accounting lessons were given to enhance question answering skills,” Malindi said.
Another measure will be holding of spring camps, which is customary to the North West Department of Education to assist learners bridge the content gap in all subjects.
“Our telecommunications forum, Dial-a-tutor, is also available where learners engage with subject advisors on their problematic areas of learning,” said Malindi.
MEC for education in the North West province Mmaphefo Matsemela is pleased with the progress so far.
“I am pleased that despite a hectic start to our academic year in the province where some schools were burnt, we rose above the challenge and continued with our mandate of teaching and learning,” she said.
“Our candidates have been doing well with the papers so far with no incidents reported and we take this time to also thank the community for allowing learners to write while pleading with our community to continue assist us to hold incident free examinations,” Matsemela said.
Matsemela said that most of the schools are done with the syllabus and are administering revision classes.
“We will also run our spring camps to bridge the content gap and apply all other mechanisms to ensure our learners are better prepared,” added Matsemela.
Preparatory examinations will run for a month and conclude on Friday, September 23, 2022.
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