Education officials made an impassioned plea to communities, civil society and other stakeholders not to prevent any of the more than 900,000 learners from getting to examination centres as they had endured enough trauma.
The briefing was held after the department and its stakeholders, including teachers’ unions, professional bodies and school governing body associations, met on Saturday to deliberate on factors reported to be posing a threat to the administration of the examinations.
It is unclear if pupils who missed their papers due to protests will be allowed to rewrite the papers. Dr Rufus Poliah, the department’s head of assessments, said one of their biggest concerns when pupils sat for their first information technology paper was rolling blackouts, as the subject requires the use of electricity and computers.
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