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WENDY MOTHATA
WITH just less than two weeks before class 2022 matric sit for their final examinations, MEC for Education in Mpumalanga, Bonakele Majuba, says the 2022 academic year is about to bear the fruits that will attest to all the hard work, the stresses and the strains that always accompany the work of teaching and learning.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) currently has 923 460 learners enrolled for the National Senior Certificate exams.
This number comprises full-time and part-time scholars.
Majuba said that the Class of 2022 must help the Mpumalanga Department of Education soar with wings like eagles.
“Like others before them, the Class of 2022 must help the Mpumalanga Department of Education soar with wings like eagles, they must complete this race without getting weary or fainting and they must leave a mark as they exit the secondary school class shining bright for the whole world to see,” said Majuba.
The department has since 2010 been able to manage incident-free examinations.
“The 2022 Grade 12 Examination will be the biggest in the history of writing such an examination process and for this reason, we will need to be extra vigilant and more meticulous in all material aspects of managing these examinations,” Majuba said.
In total, 71 582 full time candidates have registered to write the 2022 National Senior Certificate Examination in Mpumalanga.
It is the first time that the Province has registered such a high number and Majuba said he is extremely encouraged and happy about it because it confirms that the majority of learners that enters the system in Grade R do make it to Grade 12.
Bohlabela District has registered 16 812 learners; Ehlanzeni District has registered 19 722 learners; Gert Sibande District has registered 16 403 learners and Nkangala District has registered 18 645 learners.
All the candidates will write in 566 schools, which for the purposes of the examinations are now called examination centres and 39 for these examination centres are independent schools.
The Department has granted approval to 24 Schools with limited space to use alternative venues like churches and community halls to write the examinations.
“We would like to express our outmost gratitude to all pastors who have availed their places of worship so that our learners can sit for their examinations,” said Majuba.
The examinations will commence in full scale on October 31 and then 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.
The Department will announce the Grade 12 Examination Results on Friday January 20, 2023 at the University of Mpumalanga.
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